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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RIPPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Ripp

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 RIPPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIPPS 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,302 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__P_ R in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE COATE STALE ANILE TONEY STOAE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIPPS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,302 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIPPS ranks #10,302 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
775
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
18%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

606
386
256
195
101
96
90
71
61
57
54
41
34
21
21
18
18
18
18
16
14
13
13
12
11
10
9
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIPPS:

26% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
16% chance
Suggested:
COATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
ALONE 5.99 bits
16.4% →
COATE 5.54 bits
10.9% →
STALE 5.74 bits
8.3% →
ANILE 5.40 bits
4.3% →
TONEY 4.40 bits
4.1% →
STOAE 5.02 bits
3.8% →
TRIED 4.86 bits
3.0% →
LEANT 4.64 bits
2.6% →
COLEY 4.36 bits
2.4% →
SPATE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1P3P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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