5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

REFIT

REFIT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːfɪt//ɹiːˈfɪt/

Noun

The process of having something fitted again, repaired or restored.

“The ship required a refit before setting out again.”

Verb

To fit again; to put back into its place.

Verb

To prepare for use again; to repair or restore.

“to refit a garment; to refit ships of war”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 REFIT performs as a guess

REFIT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 130 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,508 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___T R in the 1st position and T in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position RE_IT R in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, I in the 4th position, and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ALOSE ACORN AROSE SONLY SOUTH
Words starting with R Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.06 Entropy (bits)
130 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REFIT 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,508 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REFIT ranks #4,508 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
219
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
F I C U S
R E F I T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches REFIT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

347
238
180
168
121
103
87
77
65
58
51
46
43
42
41
40
39
37
37
33
28
23
23
21
20
17
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REFIT:

15% chance
Suggested:
SALON
10% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
8% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
SALON 5.77 bits
10.1% →
ALOSE 5.43 bits
7.6% →
ACORN 5.14 bits
7.1% →
AROSE 4.46 bits
5.1% →
SONLY 5.00 bits
4.4% →
SOUTH 4.86 bits
3.7% →
SLANE 4.56 bits
3.3% →
SCALE 4.60 bits
2.8% →
SLATE 4.65 bits
2.5% →
CAVIL 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1F4I1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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