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REDED

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

No dictionary definition for REDED is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 REDED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REDED 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 68.6% of games, misses completely in 31.4%, and leaves about 336 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #11,966 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in REDED.

First-turn measures

All four describe REDED used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.93 Entropy (bits)
336 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How REDED 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#11,966 Rank among openers
Opening with REDED left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.81 average. It ranks #11,966 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
23
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
30%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

REDED can come back 72 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

746 answers
322 answers
293 answers
124 answers
104 answers
77 answers
73 answers
55 answers
45 answers
32 answers
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27 answers
27 answers
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17 answers
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12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers
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9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1D2E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Try next

SLANT COAST SAINT SHALT DONUT ALOUD

Strategy after playing REDED

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to REDED.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REDED:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
14% chance
Suggested:
COAST
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.4% →
SLANT 5.96 bits
13.6% →
COAST 5.52 bits
12.3% →
SLANT 5.75 bits
5.2% →
COAST 4.94 bits
4.4% →
COAST 3.50 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 4.43 bits
3.1% →
SHALT 4.71 bits
2.3% →
DONUT 4.63 bits
1.9% →
ALOUD 4.20 bits
1.3% →
SOILY 4.02 bits

Research on REDED

Game-tree analysis and word research for REDED, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with REDED, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.81 guesses and ranks #11,245 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with REDED can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.81, at or below the proven-optimal 3.81, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it REHDUHD. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, REDED is a kind of explain or discuss.

Synonyms counsel advise interpret

Familiarity and learning

Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (4.6 of 5).

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model; Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).