Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

RYTHE

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

No dictionary definition for RYTHE is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use RYTHE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How RYTHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RYTHE 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,752 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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First-turn measures

All four describe RYTHE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.89 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How RYTHE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#7,752 Rank among openers
Opening with RYTHE solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.72 average. It ranks #7,752 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
28%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

RYTHE can come back 89 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

310 answers
201 answers
187 answers
166 answers
148 answers
145 answers
141 answers
93 answers
82 answers
79 answers
71 answers
46 answers
41 answers
41 answers
40 answers
35 answers
35 answers
32 answers
32 answers
32 answers
28 answers
24 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
16 answers
16 answers
15 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1Y4T1H4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing RYTHE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to RYTHE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RYTHE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
SLAIN 6.18 bits
8.4% →
SLANE 4.58 bits
7.8% →
ARSON 4.98 bits
7.0% →
SADLY 4.51 bits
6.2% →
SOLAR 4.12 bits
6.1% →
SAINT 5.40 bits
5.9% →
ALIEN 5.33 bits
3.9% →
CRAPE 3.86 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.86 bits
3.3% →
LUNCH 4.57 bits

Research on RYTHE

Game-tree analysis and word research for RYTHE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with RYTHE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.70 guesses and ranks #4,549 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.86 guesses at best and is rank #3,257 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.72; proven optimal play reaches 3.70. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).