5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RIGOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡ.ɒl//ˈɹɪɡ.əl/

Noun

A ridge or channel above a porthole to redirect water flow from dripping inside the vessel.

Noun

A circle.

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 RIGOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIGOL 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,562 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___L R in the 1st position and L in the 5th position R__O_ R in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STANE TEASE SLATE CONTE CASTE PRATE
Words starting with R Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIGOL 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,562 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIGOL ranks #2,562 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
11
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:
ILOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
25%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
273
196
161
142
130
86
69
63
56
53
42
40
39
37
36
34
33
29
28
27
25
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17
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIGOL:

15% chance
Suggested:
STANE
12% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
STANE 6.14 bits
11.6% →
TEASE 5.55 bits
8.3% →
SLATE 5.55 bits
6.8% →
CONTE 5.21 bits
6.0% →
CASTE 5.45 bits
5.5% →
CONTE 4.68 bits
3.6% →
PRATE 4.71 bits
2.9% →
CASTE 4.12 bits
2.7% →
COATE 4.15 bits
2.4% →
SLICE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1G2O1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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