5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REEDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of reed

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of reed

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 REEDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REEDS 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,645 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL SLANT CAROL ANILE OLATE DAILY
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REEDS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,645 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REEDS ranks #7,645 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
251
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

481
237
237
215
157
97
85
76
59
51
39
36
26
26
26
25
25
24
24
23
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REEDS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TONAL 5.86 bits
10.1% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
10.1% →
CAROL 5.14 bits
9.1% →
ANILE 5.46 bits
6.7% →
OLATE 4.26 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.59 bits
3.6% →
DAILY 4.73 bits
3.2% →
STRAP 4.66 bits
2.5% →
THALE 4.30 bits
2.2% →
DRAIN 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1E1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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