5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RITTS

RITTS 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

Noun

plural of ritt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ritt

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 RITTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RITTS 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 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,940 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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 SLANE ALINE LEANT SHAPE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RITTS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,940 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RITTS ranks #7,940 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
25
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:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
22%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
334
205
153
108
86
82
79
78
67
58
57
46
35
34
29
27
25
23
23
20
19
17
17
16
13
13
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RITTS:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
14% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

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
8.7% →
SLANE 5.47 bits
6.5% →
ALINE 5.50 bits
4.6% →
LEANT 5.17 bits
3.6% →
SHAPE 4.85 bits
3.5% →
LEANT 4.68 bits
3.4% →
POLEY 4.38 bits
3.3% →
PRIED 4.45 bits
2.8% →
TRACE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1T1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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