5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RILLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Pronunciation spelling of really.

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 RILLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RILLY 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,412 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__L_ R in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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STANE STOAE DANSE PRATE CONTE SLANE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RILLY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,412 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RILLY ranks #10,412 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
436
219
196
158
98
76
56
51
49
47
46
35
35
32
18
16
16
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
12
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RILLY:

20% chance
Suggested:
STANE
18% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
9% chance
Suggested:
STOAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
STANE 6.22 bits
18.5% →
STOAE 5.57 bits
9.3% →
STOAE 5.30 bits
8.3% →
STANE 5.53 bits
6.7% →
DANSE 4.82 bits
4.2% →
PRATE 4.67 bits
3.2% →
CONTE 4.62 bits
2.4% →
SLANE 4.46 bits
2.2% →
BLAER 4.44 bits
2.1% →
CARER 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1L1L1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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