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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

RECAP

Yes, RECAP was the Wordle answer on September 21, 2022 (Wordle #459).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈkæp//ˈɹiːkæp/

Verb

To seal (something) again with a cap.

“They're planning to recap those oil wells permanently.”

Verb

To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing on a new outer portion.

“They buy a lot of camelback because they recap a lot of truck tires for trailer fleets.”

Noun

A tire that has had new tread glued on.

“He refused to buy recaps because he didn't trust them not to come apart on the highway.”

Noun

A recapitulation.

“Before we begin with today's agenda, Alice will give us a recap of recent decisions.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 21, 2022 (#459).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How RECAP performs as a guess

RECAP 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,866 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___P R in the 1st position and P in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__P E in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SAINT SNORT TOISE SABLE
Words starting with R Words ending with P

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RECAP 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,866 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RECAP ranks #1,866 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
178
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
23%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RECAP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
211
201
142
136
119
93
91
70
60
59
54
41
40
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36
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RECAP:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
8.9% →
TOILE 5.52 bits
8.5% →
SAINT 5.34 bits
6.0% →
SNORT 4.92 bits
5.8% →
TOISE 4.64 bits
5.0% →
SABLE 4.54 bits
3.9% →
DRAFT 4.15 bits
3.9% →
CLOTH 4.83 bits
3.0% →
BLITE 4.25 bits
2.5% →
SALET 3.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1C3A1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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