5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RINDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹʌɪndz//ɹaɪndz/

Noun

plural of rind

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rind

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 RINDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RINDS 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,479 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE COATE SLATE STOAE CLOTE DEALT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RINDS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,479 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RINDS ranks #1,479 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
152
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
INRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
21%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
310
242
110
101
98
74
67
64
61
60
54
54
52
51
50
30
26
25
25
23
23
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19
18
18
18
18
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RINDS:

17% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
COATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
OLATE 6.04 bits
13.1% →
COATE 5.62 bits
10.3% →
SLATE 5.88 bits
4.7% →
OLATE 5.20 bits
4.3% →
STOAE 5.01 bits
4.2% →
CLOTE 5.15 bits
3.1% →
DEALT 5.16 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 4.69 bits
2.7% →
PRATE 4.58 bits
2.6% →
PALET 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1N1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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