5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RISHI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈrɪʃi/

Noun

A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.

Noun

A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India's history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men.

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 RISHI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RISHI 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,734 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

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Useful pattern pages

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

R___I R in the 1st position and I in the 5th position R__H_ R in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE COATE LEANT ANILE STOAE TRINE
Words starting with R Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RISHI 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,734 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RISHI ranks #11,734 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
16%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

569
390
223
179
125
102
101
83
72
69
58
55
43
32
27
23
16
16
16
13
11
11
10
9
9
9
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RISHI:

24% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
17% chance
Suggested:
COATE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
ALONE 6.11 bits
16.5% →
COATE 5.37 bits
9.5% →
LEANT 5.56 bits
7.6% →
ANILE 5.46 bits
5.3% →
COATE 5.46 bits
4.3% →
STOAE 5.06 bits
4.3% →
TRINE 4.55 bits
3.5% →
LEANT 4.35 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.51 bits
2.9% →
SLATE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1S1H4I1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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