5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RINGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having a ringing or reverberating sound.

Adjective

Having rings (circles), or a ring shape; annular.

Noun

Alternative form of ringie (“ring”).

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 RINGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RINGY 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,639 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__G_ R in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STOAE SAULT SALET TRICE STANE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RINGY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,639 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RINGY ranks #4,639 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
15
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:
INR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

516
372
173
151
144
90
64
56
56
50
45
43
41
38
32
26
26
22
22
21
17
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15
15
15
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RINGY:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
SLATE 6.58 bits
15.8% →
STOAE 5.58 bits
7.3% →
SLATE 5.43 bits
6.4% →
SAULT 4.83 bits
6.1% →
SALET 5.33 bits
3.8% →
TRICE 4.70 bits
2.7% →
STANE 4.66 bits
2.4% →
CLOTE 4.65 bits
2.4% →
TRODE 4.52 bits
2.1% →
TARRE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1N1G2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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