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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RISKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪsks/

Noun

plural of risk

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of risk

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 RISKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RISKS 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 302 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,379 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__K_ R in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
302 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RISKS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,379 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RISKS ranks #12,379 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
328
6 guesses
21
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)
73%
Green tile
19%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
409
222
209
117
110
99
70
66
49
36
34
31
29
24
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
10
10
9
9
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RISKS:

27% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
17% chance
Suggested:
COATE
9% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
ALONE 5.98 bits
17.3% →
COATE 5.52 bits
9.4% →
STALE 5.72 bits
8.9% →
ANILE 5.42 bits
5.0% →
TONEY 4.49 bits
4.7% →
STRAE 4.86 bits
4.2% →
TRIED 4.83 bits
3.0% →
LEANT 4.61 bits
2.8% →
LATER 4.40 bits
2.1% →
ALONE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1S1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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