5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REDUX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdʌks//ɹiˈdʌks/

Adjective

Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

“After an unusually cold August, September felt like summer redux as a heatwave sent temperatures soaring.”

Noun

A theme or topic that is redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

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 REDUX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REDUX 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,631 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___X R in the 1st position and X in the 5th position R__U_ R in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__X E in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST THALE DAILY SAULT COURT
Words starting with R Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REDUX 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,631 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REDUX ranks #10,631 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
749
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
23
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
19%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
333
248
224
169
104
68
56
53
50
46
46
35
30
29
28
26
25
24
20
19
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14
12
10
10
10
9
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REDUX:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
SLANT 5.98 bits
14.1% →
SLANT 5.79 bits
10.5% →
COAST 5.51 bits
9.5% →
COAST 4.72 bits
7.2% →
SLANT 5.02 bits
4.4% →
THALE 4.66 bits
2.9% →
DAILY 4.83 bits
2.4% →
SAULT 4.57 bits
2.2% →
COURT 4.14 bits
2.1% →
ANILE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1D2U1X8
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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