5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RIADS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of riad

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 RIADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIADS 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,347 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE TONEY STOLE CLONE TARRE THALE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIADS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,347 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIADS ranks #2,347 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
191
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:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
29%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

276
221
203
158
121
111
82
78
71
71
68
64
64
62
54
42
37
33
30
27
24
24
23
23
20
19
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIADS:

12% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
CLOTE 5.88 bits
9.4% →
CLOTE 5.43 bits
8.6% →
TONEY 5.18 bits
6.7% →
STOLE 5.20 bits
5.1% →
CLONE 5.33 bits
4.7% →
TARRE 4.42 bits
3.5% →
CLOTE 4.38 bits
3.3% →
THALE 4.33 bits
3.0% →
CLOTE 4.70 bits
3.0% →
STOPE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1A1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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