5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

REAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiːps/

Noun

plural of reap.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of reap

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 REAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REAPS 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 103 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,223 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__P_ R in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE TALON COURT STINK ANGLE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
103 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REAPS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,223 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REAPS ranks #1,223 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
169
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
183
182
134
134
123
91
70
70
69
52
51
47
41
40
38
36
36
32
28
26
25
23
22
21
20
20
20
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REAPS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
COUNT 5.64 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.53 bits
7.7% →
TALON 5.17 bits
5.7% →
COURT 4.95 bits
5.7% →
TOILE 4.36 bits
5.2% →
STINK 4.94 bits
3.9% →
ANGLE 4.64 bits
3.0% →
STILE 4.59 bits
3.0% →
CAROL 4.60 bits
2.9% →
BELIE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1A1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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