5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

REDIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

the larva of some trematodes, some of which become cercariae

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 REDIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REDIA 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 90.4% of games, misses completely in 9.6%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,807 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___A R in the 1st position and A in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SLANT STOLE SPILT SLATE TOUSE
Words starting with R Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REDIA 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
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,807 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REDIA ranks #2,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,097
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
15
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
24%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

226
225
161
153
145
125
120
108
82
81
60
50
44
40
37
37
35
31
29
24
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REDIA:

10% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.6% →
SLOTH 5.63 bits
9.5% →
SLANT 5.34 bits
6.8% →
STOLE 5.39 bits
6.5% →
SPILT 5.00 bits
6.1% →
SLATE 4.85 bits
5.3% →
TOUSE 4.71 bits
5.1% →
COURT 5.08 bits
4.6% →
COAST 4.63 bits
3.5% →
CASTE 3.86 bits
3.4% →
SINCE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1D2I1A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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