5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RYNDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rynd

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 RYNDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RYNDS 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,129 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE COATE STALE TOILE PALET STRAE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RYNDS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,129 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RYNDS ranks #6,129 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
16
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
0 vowels
Common:
NRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
15%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

428
340
256
163
125
114
98
70
70
67
61
57
53
51
33
27
25
23
21
16
15
15
15
13
12
11
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RYNDS:

18% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
COATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
OLATE 6.10 bits
14.4% →
COATE 5.66 bits
10.9% →
STALE 5.80 bits
6.9% →
TOILE 5.60 bits
5.3% →
PALET 4.74 bits
4.8% →
STRAE 4.90 bits
4.2% →
OLATE 5.17 bits
3.0% →
LIANE 4.43 bits
3.0% →
ARIEL 4.65 bits
2.8% →
CADIE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1Y4N1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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