5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RITZY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪtsi/

Adjective

Elegant and luxurious.

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 RITZY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RITZY 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,620 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE AROSE SOLDE TREAT ANISE PRIED
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RITZY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,620 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RITZY ranks #10,620 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
759
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
19
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
1 vowels
Common:
IRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
29%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

519
359
229
190
170
110
83
82
64
48
44
41
32
31
31
30
29
22
18
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RITZY:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
AROSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
SLANE 6.32 bits
15.2% →
AROSE 5.26 bits
9.7% →
SLANE 5.83 bits
8.1% →
SLANE 5.62 bits
7.2% →
SOLDE 4.83 bits
4.7% →
TREAT 4.91 bits
3.5% →
ANISE 4.47 bits
3.5% →
PRIED 4.54 bits
2.7% →
CLONE 4.65 bits
2.0% →
CRARE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1T1Z10Y4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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