5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RILLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪl//ˈɹɪlə/

Noun

A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.

Alternative forms: rill

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 RILLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RILLE 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 85.4% of games, misses completely in 14.6%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,705 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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 SETAE SEDAN SAINT BETEL
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RILLE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,705 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RILLE ranks #7,705 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
23
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:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
37%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

344
238
171
166
137
136
123
92
79
75
64
44
41
39
35
34
29
27
25
24
23
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19
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14
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RILLE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.6% →
SAUNT 5.79 bits
10.1% →
COAST 5.50 bits
7.3% →
SETAE 4.36 bits
7.0% →
SEDAN 5.12 bits
5.8% →
SAUNT 5.13 bits
5.8% →
SAINT 5.48 bits
5.2% →
COAST 5.15 bits
3.9% →
COAST 4.64 bits
3.4% →
COAST 4.07 bits
3.2% →
BETEL 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1L1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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