5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RECCO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Reconnaissance.

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 RECCO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RECCO 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,247 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___O R in the 1st position and O in the 5th position R__C_ R in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT STAIR ARSON SALTY SONDE
Words starting with R Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% 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 RECCO 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
0.71 Volatility
#9,247 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RECCO ranks #9,247 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
21
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
22%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

430
318
207
193
174
119
111
94
60
60
52
49
35
32
31
31
28
28
23
21
20
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10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RECCO:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
SAINT 6.11 bits
13.5% →
SLANT 5.73 bits
8.8% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
8.2% →
STAIR 4.50 bits
7.4% →
SAINT 5.35 bits
5.0% →
ARSON 4.30 bits
4.7% →
SALTY 4.73 bits
4.0% →
SONDE 4.26 bits
2.5% →
CLAIM 4.87 bits
2.5% →
SOWNE 3.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1C3C3O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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