5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RIYAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɑːl//ɹiːˈjɑːl/

Noun

The official currency of Qatar, divided into 100 dirhams.

Noun

The official currency of Saudi Arabia, divided into 100 halalas.

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 RIYAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIYAL 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 89.5% of games, misses completely in 10.5%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,628 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___L R in the 1st position and L in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TOUSE STONE STANE TRACE CLOSE STALE
Words starting with R Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIYAL 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,628 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIYAL ranks #3,628 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
24%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

254
247
196
152
139
116
110
100
79
68
62
56
55
38
34
33
33
32
32
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22
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIYAL:

11% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
10% chance
Suggested:
STONE
8% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8% →
TOUSE 5.60 bits
10.5% →
STONE 5.97 bits
8.3% →
STANE 5.33 bits
6.4% →
TRACE 4.62 bits
5.9% →
STONE 5.38 bits
4.9% →
CLOSE 5.07 bits
4.7% →
STALE 4.74 bits
4.2% →
SMOTE 4.54 bits
3.3% →
TRIPE 4.51 bits
2.9% →
CONTE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1Y4A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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