5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RECTE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the source (compare sic, which notes an error without correcting it)

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 RECTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RECTE 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,818 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ARSON SAINT ALOSE CHAIN ALIEN
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RECTE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,818 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RECTE ranks #4,818 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
202
173
151
132
109
108
82
66
62
59
49
44
39
35
31
30
27
27
25
25
20
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17
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RECTE:

19% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
ARSON
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
SALON 5.87 bits
8.6% →
ARSON 4.94 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 5.44 bits
6.4% →
ALOSE 4.71 bits
5.6% →
CHAIN 5.19 bits
4.6% →
ALIEN 5.21 bits
4.6% →
SOLAR 4.08 bits
3.5% →
SAUNT 4.70 bits
2.8% →
SOAPY 4.07 bits
2.6% →
CROAK 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1C3T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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