5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RECTI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkˌtaɪ/

Noun

plural of rectus

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 RECTI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RECTI 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,503 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___I R in the 1st position and I in the 5th position R__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__I E in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ALOSE ARSON SOLAR SONLY SAULT
Words starting with R Words ending with I

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RECTI 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,503 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RECTI ranks #2,503 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
16
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:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
21%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

287
209
151
147
143
97
84
82
76
71
61
57
51
47
47
46
44
40
39
38
36
27
25
24
24
21
20
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RECTI:

12% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
6% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
SALON 5.79 bits
8.9% →
ALOSE 5.42 bits
6.4% →
ARSON 4.98 bits
6.2% →
SOLAR 4.52 bits
6.1% →
SONLY 5.03 bits
4.1% →
SAULT 5.06 bits
3.6% →
CLANK 4.96 bits
3.5% →
SLANE 4.71 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.52 bits
3.0% →
SLANT 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1C3T1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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