5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RIDES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹaɪdz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ride

Noun

plural of ride

“There are many rides at the amusement park.”

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 RIDES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIDES 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,666 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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 _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RI_ES R in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY OLATE CAROL SLANT ANTIC SHALT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.18 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIDES 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,666 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIDES ranks #1,666 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
10
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)
87%
Green tile
27%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

296
202
171
165
120
112
106
91
70
65
60
56
53
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48
38
35
35
26
25
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIDES:

13% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
COALY 5.73 bits
8.6% →
OLATE 5.37 bits
7.3% →
CAROL 5.10 bits
7.0% →
SLANT 5.25 bits
5.1% →
ANTIC 5.20 bits
4.7% →
SHALT 5.06 bits
4.5% →
TRACE 4.86 bits
3.9% →
POTAE 3.62 bits
3.0% →
EATEN 4.25 bits
2.8% →
FILTH 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1D2E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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