5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RINGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ΙΉΙͺΕ‹z/

Noun

plural of ring

Noun

A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended from a bar.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ring

Source: Wiktionary contributors Β· 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 RINGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RINGS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,880 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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 β†’ yellow β†’ 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__G_ R in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE COATE STALE CLADE HAOLE STOAE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RINGS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,880 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RINGS ranks #2,880 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
20%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
329
248
121
114
100
78
71
62
57
51
51
51
50
50
36
28
23
22
21
21
19
17
17
16
15
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RINGS:

18% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
COATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% β†’
OLATE 6.07 bits
13.9% β†’
COATE 5.63 bits
10.5% β†’
STALE 5.84 bits
5.1% β†’
CLADE 5.28 bits
4.8% β†’
HAOLE 5.11 bits
4.2% β†’
STOAE 5.01 bits
3.3% β†’
CRATE 4.70 bits
3.0% β†’
CLOTE 4.31 bits
2.6% β†’
STILE 4.55 bits
2.4% β†’
HAOLE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1N1G2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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