5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

REBAR

REBAR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.bɑː(ɹ)//ɹiːˈbɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.

Noun

A grid-shaped system of such bars.

Verb

To reinforce with bars of this kind.

Verb

To bar again.

“After allowing the stranger to enter, she rebarred the door.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 REBAR performs as a guess

REBAR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,270 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SLANT COURT CREPE CHART
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REBAR 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,270 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REBAR ranks #9,270 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
11
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
27%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L Y N C H
R A R E R
R E B A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches REBAR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

442
281
276
157
137
105
99
76
71
51
50
44
31
29
26
25
25
25
21
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REBAR:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
11.9% →
TOILE 5.39 bits
11.7% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
6.7% →
COURT 5.07 bits
5.8% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
4.5% →
CREPE 4.71 bits
4.2% →
CHART 4.41 bits
3.2% →
SENTE 4.08 bits
3.0% →
SONLY 3.60 bits
2.2% →
TONAL 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1B3A1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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