5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RICED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Made into or consisting of finely minced pieces resembling rice

Verb

simple past and past participle of rice

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 RICED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RICED 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #547 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE ARSON SLANT TEASE SALTY
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RICED 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#547 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RICED ranks #547 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,103
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
11
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
253
181
128
113
102
98
79
71
63
59
55
54
49
49
48
30
23
23
22
21
19
19
18
17
16
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RICED:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SAULT 5.99 bits
10.7% →
SLATE 5.87 bits
7.7% →
ARSON 5.02 bits
5.4% →
SLANT 5.74 bits
4.8% →
TEASE 4.86 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 5.01 bits
4.2% →
SAULT 3.84 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.61 bits
3.0% →
SALTY 4.43 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1C3E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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