5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RIZAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 RIZAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIZAS 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,253 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE TONEY STOLE CADET CLINE THALE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIZAS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,253 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIZAS ranks #11,253 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
21
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:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
20%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
268
246
171
161
151
131
107
81
73
73
68
62
36
32
31
29
21
21
20
18
16
15
13
13
12
10
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIZAS:

15% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
11% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
CLOTE 5.77 bits
11.4% →
CLOTE 5.40 bits
10.4% →
TONEY 5.13 bits
7.3% →
STOLE 5.25 bits
6.8% →
CADET 4.47 bits
6.4% →
CLINE 5.33 bits
5.6% →
THALE 4.93 bits
4.5% →
CLOTE 4.37 bits
3.4% →
PRIED 4.34 bits
3.1% →
STILE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1Z10A1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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