5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RILEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.li/

Proper noun

A surname.

Proper noun

A unisex given name.

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 RILEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RILEY 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 90.9% of games, misses completely in 9.1%, and leaves about 104 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,679 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SAUNT SAINT PLATE ABOUT ADOPT
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
104 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RILEY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#4,679 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RILEY ranks #4,679 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
39%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

215
205
196
141
136
121
120
111
99
70
57
56
55
50
39
34
29
29
28
28
27
22
22
20
20
19
18
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RILEY:

9% chance
Suggested:
COAST
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
COAST 5.91 bits
8.7% →
COAST 5.53 bits
8.3% →
COAST 5.42 bits
6.0% →
COAST 5.02 bits
5.8% →
COAST 5.25 bits
5.1% →
SAUNT 4.57 bits
5.1% →
SAINT 5.44 bits
4.7% →
PLATE 4.69 bits
4.2% →
COAST 3.69 bits
3.0% →
SAINT 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1L1E1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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