5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

RECUT

RECUT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

to cut 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

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 RECUT performs as a guess

RECUT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,535 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___T R in the 1st position and T in the 5th position R__U_ R in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ALINE PAISE ARSON SADLY SATIN
Words starting with R Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RECUT 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,535 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RECUT ranks #1,535 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
969
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
26%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
F I C U S
R E C U T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RECUT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

316
243
171
164
108
102
99
71
69
66
49
49
44
43
41
39
37
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RECUT:

13% chance
Suggested:
SALON
10% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
7% chance
Suggested:
PAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SALON 6.03 bits
10.3% →
ALINE 5.54 bits
7.2% →
PAISE 4.66 bits
7.0% →
ARSON 4.95 bits
4.6% →
SADLY 4.69 bits
4.3% →
SATIN 4.90 bits
4.2% →
CLAIM 5.20 bits
3.0% →
LIANE 4.59 bits
2.9% →
SLATE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
ALOSE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1C3U1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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