5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REBUY

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbaɪ/

Verb

To buy again, especially to buy something previously sold (or pawned)

Noun

A type of poker tournament that allows players to purchase more chips during the course of the tournament.

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 REBUY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REBUY 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,470 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__U_ R in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT COAST THALE MUSKY TARRE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REBUY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,470 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REBUY ranks #8,470 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
821
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
25

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
340
233
216
155
127
89
64
49
43
40
39
38
29
29
28
28
26
21
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17
12
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REBUY:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
SAINT 5.98 bits
14.4% →
SLANT 5.79 bits
9.9% →
COAST 4.73 bits
9.2% →
COAST 5.45 bits
6.6% →
SLANT 4.72 bits
5.4% →
SLANT 5.14 bits
3.8% →
THALE 4.51 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.44 bits
2.1% →
MUSKY 3.22 bits
1.8% →
TARRE 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1B3U1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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