5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

RIDGE

Yes, RIDGE was the Wordle answer on February 18, 2024 (Wordle #974).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.

Noun

Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.

“The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.”

Verb

To form into a ridge.

Verb

To extend in ridges.

Alternative forms: rig

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 18, 2024 (#974).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How RIDGE performs as a guess

RIDGE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,402 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__G_ R in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SALET SLANT SETAE SALTY SAULT
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIDGE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,402 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIDGE ranks #1,402 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
32%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D U L S E
R I D G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RIDGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

410
211
206
157
155
153
68
66
58
55
48
45
42
35
33
25
25
23
22
22
20
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIDGE:

17% chance
Suggested:
COAST
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
COAST 5.90 bits
8.9% →
COAST 5.65 bits
8.7% →
SALET 5.35 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.39 bits
6.6% →
SETAE 4.35 bits
6.5% →
SLANT 5.53 bits
2.9% →
SALTY 4.31 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.75 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.34 bits
2.3% →
SAULT 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1D2G2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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