Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

REDIA

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

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

the larva of some trematodes, some of which become cercariae

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Etymology

Named after Redi, an Italian naturalist.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)

Use REDIA in a puzzle

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

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe REDIA 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.

5.24 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous 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
99.83% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#2,807 Rank among openers
Opening with REDIA left 4 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.63 average. It 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

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

REDIA can come back 119 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

230 answers
227 answers
162 answers
155 answers
146 answers
126 answers
121 answers
108 answers
84 answers
83 answers
62 answers
50 answers
44 answers
40 answers
37 answers
37 answers
35 answers
32 answers
29 answers
25 answers
23 answers
22 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
17 answers
17 answers
15 answers
14 answers

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.

Strategy after playing REDIA

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

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 5.64 bits
9.5% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
6.8% →
STOLE 5.38 bits
6.5% →
SPILT 4.99 bits
6.1% →
SLATE 4.85 bits
5.3% →
TOUSE 4.71 bits
5.1% →
COURT 5.08 bits
4.5% →
COAST 4.63 bits
3.5% →
CASTE 3.88 bits
3.5% →
SINCE 4.51 bits

Research on REDIA

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

Optimal play

Opening with REDIA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.65 guesses and ranks #1,583 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 REDIA can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.63, at or below the proven-optimal 3.65, 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.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).