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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

RISER

Yes, RISER was the Wordle answer on May 4, 2026 (Wordle #1780).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.zə(ɹ)/

Noun

Someone or something which rises.

Noun

A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.

“The choir stood on risers for the performance.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 4, 2026 (#1780).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How RISER performs as a guess

RISER 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,399 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position RI_ER R in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

COALY DEALT ACORN SLANT ANTIC CRATE
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RISER 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,399 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RISER ranks #9,399 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P L I E R
A R S E D
R I S E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RISER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
256
168
165
144
119
111
87
85
79
69
62
58
56
34
28
26
24
24
24
22
18
18
18
16
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RISER:

15% chance
Suggested:
COALY
11% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
7% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
COALY 5.66 bits
10.9% →
DEALT 5.48 bits
7.1% →
ACORN 4.83 bits
7.0% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
6.1% →
ANTIC 5.17 bits
5.0% →
CRATE 4.78 bits
4.7% →
SHALT 5.00 bits
3.7% →
EATEN 4.19 bits
3.6% →
SALTY 3.63 bits
3.4% →
OLATE 3.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1S1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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