5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

RIFLE

RIFLE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪfəl/

Noun

A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.

Noun

An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.

Verb

To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing).

“She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.”

Verb

To commit robbery or theft.

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

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 RIFLE performs as a guess

RIFLE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,987 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__L_ R in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAUNT COAST SEDAN SATED SAINT BETEL
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIFLE 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
0.70 Volatility
#2,987 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIFLE ranks #2,987 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
921
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
13
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:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RIFLE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
213
157
156
131
130
121
86
83
71
57
52
44
43
43
29
29
28
25
25
24
23
23
22
21
21
21
18
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIFLE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SEDAN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SAUNT 5.78 bits
9.0% →
COAST 5.54 bits
6.7% →
SEDAN 5.14 bits
6.6% →
SATED 4.42 bits
5.6% →
SAUNT 5.16 bits
5.5% →
COAST 5.23 bits
5.1% →
SAINT 5.46 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.56 bits
3.5% →
BETEL 4.51 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1F4L1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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