5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RHIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 RHIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RHIES 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 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,034 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON DEALT APRON SLANT TIDAL TRACE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RHIES 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,034 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RHIES ranks #3,034 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
14
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:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
33%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

280
210
174
133
132
122
98
94
79
63
56
48
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RHIES:

12% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
7% chance
Suggested:
APRON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
TALON 5.59 bits
8.9% →
DEALT 5.46 bits
7.4% →
APRON 4.88 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 5.16 bits
5.6% →
TIDAL 4.92 bits
5.2% →
TRACE 4.81 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.96 bits
4.0% →
OLATE 3.40 bits
3.4% →
EATEN 4.25 bits
2.7% →
MOUTH 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1H4I1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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