5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RICIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪsɪn/

Noun

An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.

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 RICIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RICIN 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 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,242 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___N R in the 1st position and N in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STOAE OLATE THALE STALE CRATE
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RICIN 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,242 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RICIN ranks #7,242 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

609
389
174
138
98
95
84
65
63
56
50
49
46
39
30
29
26
25
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24
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RICIN:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
7% chance
Suggested:
OLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
SLATE 6.48 bits
16.5% →
STOAE 5.52 bits
7.4% →
OLATE 5.17 bits
5.9% →
THALE 5.53 bits
4.2% →
STALE 5.41 bits
4.0% →
CRATE 4.95 bits
3.6% →
SALTY 4.45 bits
2.8% →
STAGE 4.35 bits
2.7% →
TRAPE 4.32 bits
2.4% →
POTAE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1C3I1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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