5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RIMAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪˌmi/

Noun

plural of rima

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 RIMAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIMAE 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 90.7% of games, misses completely in 9.3%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,209 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SLANT SLEET GLINT COURT SHALT
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.38 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIMAE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,209 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIMAE ranks #2,209 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,091
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
14
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
37%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

219
197
150
123
123
117
98
95
87
77
56
55
54
51
45
43
41
38
37
37
36
32
22
22
21
21
20
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18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIMAE:

9% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
6% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.3% →
SLOTH 5.58 bits
8.4% →
SLANT 5.34 bits
6.4% →
SLEET 5.36 bits
5.2% →
GLINT 4.86 bits
5.2% →
COURT 4.92 bits
5.0% →
SLEET 4.26 bits
4.2% →
SHALT 4.64 bits
4.0% →
CHART 4.28 bits
3.7% →
SOULY 4.69 bits
3.3% →
SALTY 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1M3A1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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