5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

RIPEN

RIPEN is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪpən/

Verb

Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature.

“Grapes ripen in the sun.”

Verb

To approach or come to perfection.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 RIPEN performs as a guess

RIPEN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #864 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___N R in the 1st position and N in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

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SAULT SLATE COAST CRATE SALTY BETEL
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIPEN 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#864 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIPEN ranks #864 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,017
4 guesses
1,084
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
EINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
29%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P L I E R
R I P E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RIPEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

325
252
192
126
120
106
97
66
62
59
58
57
56
52
43
33
27
25
23
22
21
21
21
19
19
18
17
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIPEN:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
SAULT 5.95 bits
10.7% →
SLATE 5.85 bits
8.1% →
COAST 5.58 bits
5.3% →
CRATE 4.93 bits
5.1% →
SAULT 5.13 bits
4.5% →
SAULT 5.17 bits
4.1% →
COAST 3.71 bits
2.8% →
SALTY 4.19 bits
2.6% →
SAULT 4.74 bits
2.5% →
BETEL 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1P3E1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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