5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RISTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Rist

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 RISTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RISTS 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,913 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CANOE PLANE ALINE CLEAT TREAT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RISTS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,913 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RISTS ranks #8,913 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
21%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
334
170
153
150
93
82
81
79
78
58
57
52
51
32
31
29
26
26
19
18
15
13
13
12
11
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RISTS:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
14% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
7% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
ALONE 6.08 bits
14.2% →
CANOE 5.30 bits
7.2% →
PLANE 5.53 bits
6.5% →
ALINE 5.50 bits
6.4% →
CLEAT 5.23 bits
3.9% →
TREAT 4.68 bits
3.5% →
PHARE 4.84 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.67 bits
3.3% →
POLEY 4.38 bits
3.3% →
PRIED 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1S1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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