5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RICEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪsi/

Adjective

Containing rice.

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of rice.

Alternative forms: ricy

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 RICEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RICEY 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 89.2% of games, misses completely in 10.8%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,380 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT ARSON SAULT ORATE SETAE SLANE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RICEY 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
0.72 Volatility
#3,380 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RICEY ranks #3,380 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
933
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
22
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)
89%
Green tile
38%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

269
254
178
156
135
119
103
99
86
79
62
59
52
49
46
38
35
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27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RICEY:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.4% →
SLANT 5.77 bits
10.8% →
SLANT 6.10 bits
7.5% →
ARSON 5.04 bits
6.6% →
SAULT 4.76 bits
5.7% →
SLANT 5.65 bits
5.0% →
ORATE 4.64 bits
4.4% →
SETAE 3.91 bits
4.2% →
SAULT 4.98 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.53 bits
3.4% →
SLANE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1C3E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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