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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REBEC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːbɛk//ˈɹɛbɛk/

Noun

An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.

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 REBEC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REBEC 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,827 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___C R in the 1st position and C in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT TRAIN SLANT COACH PRATE ALIEN
Words starting with R Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REBEC 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,827 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REBEC ranks #7,827 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
232
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

587
259
246
157
99
99
73
73
69
68
57
36
32
30
29
28
25
24
23
22
21
16
16
14
14
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REBEC:

25% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
SAINT 6.08 bits
11.0% →
TRAIN 5.14 bits
10.4% →
SLANT 5.70 bits
6.7% →
COACH 5.06 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 3.72 bits
4.2% →
PRATE 4.70 bits
3.1% →
ALIEN 4.32 bits
3.1% →
CROAK 4.40 bits
2.9% →
SAULT 4.73 bits
2.9% →
SALTY 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1B3E1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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