5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RANDO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹændoʊ//ˈɹændəʊ/

Adjective

Random; arbitrary.

Noun

An arbitrary person with whom one has no shared social connection.

“I accidentally took some rando's luggage from the airport carousel.”

Noun

Anything selected at random.

Adjective

Pertaining to randonnée or uphill skiing.

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 RANDO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RANDO 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #690 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___O R in the 1st position and O in the 5th position R__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE SUITE STOLE TRACE SOOTE
Words starting with R Words ending with O

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RANDO 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#690 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RANDO ranks #690 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
13
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:
ANOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
25%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
202
202
178
122
120
112
97
65
62
61
53
52
47
34
32
29
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27
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RANDO:

14% chance
Suggested:
STILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SUITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
STILE 6.15 bits
8.6% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
8.6% →
SUITE 5.41 bits
7.5% →
STOLE 5.18 bits
5.2% →
TRACE 4.95 bits
5.1% →
STILE 4.73 bits
4.7% →
SOOTE 4.69 bits
4.1% →
STILE 5.16 bits
2.8% →
TUILE 5.03 bits
2.6% →
SOOLE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1N1D2O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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