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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

RECUR

Yes, RECUR was the Wordle answer on September 15, 2024 (Wordle #1184).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɜː//ɹɪˈkɜɹ//ɹɪˈkɛː/

Verb

Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.

“The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.”

Verb

Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.

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 15, 2024 (#1184).

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

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How RECUR performs as a guess

RECUR 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,799 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__U_ R in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANT DROIT CHAIN TRAPE SALTY
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% 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 RECUR 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,799 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RECUR ranks #8,799 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
26
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P L I E R
R E C U R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RECUR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
342
197
162
129
124
114
95
62
60
52
40
37
34
34
27
26
23
19
18
17
14
13
13
12
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RECUR:

20% chance
Suggested:
SALON
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
SALON 5.97 bits
14.5% →
SLANT 5.70 bits
8.4% →
DROIT 5.24 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.04 bits
5.5% →
CHAIN 5.22 bits
5.3% →
TRAPE 4.63 bits
4.8% →
SALTY 4.69 bits
4.0% →
SAINT 3.91 bits
2.6% →
COAST 4.63 bits
2.5% →
SLATE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1C3U1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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