5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RHEAS

RHEAS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːəz/

Noun

plural of rhea

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How RHEAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RHEAS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.6% of games, misses completely in 10.4%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,107 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LOGIN TOILE TALON DROIT SPILT ALANE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.23 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RHEAS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,107 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RHEAS ranks #4,107 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
17
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
23%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

246
203
178
161
126
118
114
97
74
71
68
65
44
44
38
35
34
34
31
26
25
23
22
21
20
20
19
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RHEAS:

10% chance
Suggested:
LOGIN
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

10.4% →
LOGIN 5.45 bits
8.6% →
TOILE 5.38 bits
7.5% →
TALON 5.03 bits
6.8% →
TOILE 4.27 bits
5.3% →
DROIT 4.71 bits
5.0% →
SPILT 4.99 bits
4.8% →
ALANE 4.54 bits
4.1% →
TRAIN 4.12 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.74 bits
3.0% →
GLACE 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for RHEAS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

R1H4E1A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.