5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

REARD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪːd//ˈɹɛːd//ˈɹɪ(ə)ɹd/

Noun

A voice; a sound.

Noun

Fame, renown.

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 REARD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REARD 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,578 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__R_ R in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY STILE TALON TOISE GROUT SALET
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REARD 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,578 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REARD ranks #7,578 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
251
220
140
137
115
100
71
62
56
50
47
39
38
34
33
31
29
26
23
23
22
19
19
17
16
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REARD:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
10.6% →
STILE 5.45 bits
9.3% →
TALON 5.23 bits
5.9% →
TOISE 4.53 bits
5.8% →
GROUT 4.89 bits
4.9% →
SALET 4.60 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.63 bits
3.0% →
SENTE 4.04 bits
2.6% →
CAROL 4.50 bits
2.4% →
SALET 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1A1R1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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