5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RYKED

RYKED 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

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 RYKED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RYKED 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,544 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__D Y in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT COAST SAULT LEAST ANILE
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RYKED 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,544 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RYKED ranks #9,544 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
240
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
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

466
345
238
163
146
121
87
74
67
48
48
45
33
32
32
31
30
26
25
21
21
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RYKED:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SAINT 6.19 bits
14.6% →
SLANT 5.74 bits
10.1% →
COAST 5.52 bits
6.9% →
SAULT 4.89 bits
6.2% →
COAST 4.96 bits
5.1% →
SAINT 3.81 bits
3.7% →
LEAST 4.39 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
2.8% →
ANILE 4.68 bits
2.0% →
DANDY 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1Y4K5E1D2
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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