5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RECON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɒn//ˈɹiːkɒn//ˈɹikɑn/

Noun

reconnaissance.

Noun

A hairstyle in which the sides of the head are shaven and the crest is cropped close.

Verb

reconnoiter.

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 RECON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RECON 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,023 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___N R in the 1st position and N in the 5th position R__O_ R in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE STAIR SLATY SALTY SAINT
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RECON 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,023 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RECON ranks #1,023 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
24%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
237
168
142
131
124
85
84
63
61
61
53
46
45
44
41
40
38
37
33
32
23
23
21
20
20
19
17
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RECON:

12% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
SAULT 5.98 bits
10.0% →
SLATE 5.77 bits
7.1% →
STAIR 4.49 bits
6.0% →
SLATY 5.20 bits
5.6% →
SALTY 4.99 bits
5.3% →
SAINT 5.25 bits
3.6% →
SALTY 4.86 bits
3.6% →
CLASH 4.89 bits
2.7% →
SLATY 4.35 bits
2.6% →
ANISE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1C3O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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