5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNRIG

UNRIG 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

Verb

To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).

Verb

To disable.

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 UNRIG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNRIG 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,164 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

U___G U in the 1st position and G in the 5th position U__I_ U in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _N__G N in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE COATE STILE SAULT SALET SPITE
Words starting with U Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNRIG 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,164 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNRIG ranks #5,164 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
199
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
2 vowels
Common:
INRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
19%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
311
177
157
141
99
87
63
61
61
56
48
48
36
31
30
27
24
22
21
19
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16
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNRIG:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
COATE
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
SLATE 6.50 bits
13.2% →
COATE 5.32 bits
7.5% →
STILE 5.36 bits
6.7% →
SAULT 5.23 bits
6.0% →
SALET 5.30 bits
4.2% →
SPITE 4.47 bits
3.7% →
CASTE 4.98 bits
2.7% →
PALET 4.83 bits
2.6% →
STANE 4.31 bits
2.6% →
TRUER 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1R1I1G2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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