5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

RITES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹaɪts/

Noun

plural of rite

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 RITES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RITES 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 89.2% of games, misses completely in 10.8%, and leaves about 90 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #897 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RI_ES R in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ANGLE ACORN SALON BRACE ALIGN
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.47 Entropy (bits)
90 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RITES 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#897 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RITES ranks #897 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
984
4 guesses
1,091
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
14
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
28%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

255
184
156
119
101
97
77
75
73
63
59
59
51
49
48
48
46
41
38
36
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RITES:

11% chance
Suggested:
COALY
8% chance
Suggested:
ANGLE
7% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8% →
COALY 5.68 bits
7.8% →
ANGLE 5.36 bits
6.6% →
ACORN 5.03 bits
5.0% →
SALON 4.92 bits
4.3% →
BRACE 4.65 bits
4.1% →
ALIGN 4.99 bits
3.3% →
COALY 3.51 bits
3.2% →
TONAL 4.79 bits
3.1% →
LEASH 4.36 bits
2.7% →
ALONE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1T1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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