5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REEFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of reef

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of reef

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 REEFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REEFS 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,393 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__F_ R in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL TRAIN ANILE SLANT POTAE DEALT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REEFS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,393 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REEFS ranks #9,393 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
13

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
23%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

524
255
243
240
165
104
75
74
53
39
36
34
32
30
25
25
24
24
24
21
20
18
18
17
16
15
13
13
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REEFS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
TONAL 5.81 bits
10.8% →
TRAIN 5.10 bits
10.3% →
ANILE 5.51 bits
10.2% →
SLANT 5.25 bits
7.0% →
POTAE 4.41 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 4.54 bits
3.2% →
DEALT 4.46 bits
3.1% →
STRAP 4.66 bits
2.2% →
FLINT 4.75 bits
1.7% →
SHONE 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1E1F4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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