5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RYMER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 RYMER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RYMER 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,289 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__R Y in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT TRAIN SAULT COAST ALINE
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RYMER 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,289 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RYMER ranks #12,289 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
706
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
322
6 guesses
26
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:
ER

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

516
404
231
202
155
104
101
77
50
42
39
36
34
30
26
24
24
20
15
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12
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10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RYMER:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
17% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
SAINT 6.19 bits
17.1% →
SLANT 5.69 bits
9.8% →
TRAIN 5.19 bits
8.6% →
SAULT 4.80 bits
6.6% →
COAST 4.83 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 4.70 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 3.66 bits
3.3% →
COAST 4.89 bits
2.1% →
ALINE 4.68 bits
1.8% →
COAST 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1Y4M3E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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