5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RIOTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of riot

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of riot

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 RIOTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIOTS 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #258 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE CADEE SHALE COLEY ALINE CLEAT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIOTS 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#258 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIOTS ranks #258 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
1,038
4 guesses
1,078
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
28%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

312
196
148
130
124
98
84
70
67
66
62
62
60
54
52
46
41
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27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIOTS:

13% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
8% chance
Suggested:
CADEE
6% chance
Suggested:
SHALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
LANCE 6.05 bits
8.3% →
CADEE 5.10 bits
6.3% →
SHALE 5.47 bits
5.5% →
COLEY 4.97 bits
5.3% →
ALINE 5.51 bits
4.2% →
CLEAT 5.08 bits
3.6% →
MORAE 4.28 bits
3.0% →
DRAPE 4.56 bits
2.8% →
CLADE 4.10 bits
2.8% →
TREAT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1O1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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