5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RIKKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 RIKKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIKKA 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,605 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___A R in the 1st position and A in the 5th position R__K_ R in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SALET TOUSE SLATE STILE CLOTE
Words starting with R Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIKKA 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,605 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIKKA ranks #13,605 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
644
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
363
6 guesses
24
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
18%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
415
311
208
207
127
85
78
41
35
34
33
32
30
26
21
19
16
15
15
15
13
11
8
8
7
7
6
6
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIKKA:

20% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
18% chance
Suggested:
SALET
13% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
STOLE 5.92 bits
17.6% →
SALET 5.58 bits
13.2% →
TOUSE 5.55 bits
8.8% →
SLATE 4.62 bits
8.8% →
STILE 5.33 bits
5.4% →
CLOTE 4.32 bits
3.6% →
TROPE 4.57 bits
3.3% →
SATIN 4.48 bits
1.7% →
SUETE 4.22 bits
1.5% →
SOLED 3.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1K5K5A1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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