5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REHEM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To supply (a garment, etc.) with a new hem.

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 REHEM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REHEM 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,493 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___M R in the 1st position and M in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SALON TRAIN SLANT COAST SOILY ALIEN
Words starting with R Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REHEM 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
0.70 Volatility
#9,493 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REHEM ranks #9,493 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
20
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

573
277
247
153
126
103
99
70
64
52
51
37
31
31
28
26
24
23
23
23
22
21
16
16
12
12
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REHEM:

24% chance
Suggested:
SALON
12% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
SALON 5.91 bits
11.7% →
TRAIN 5.23 bits
10.5% →
SLANT 5.73 bits
6.5% →
COAST 5.27 bits
5.3% →
COAST 4.83 bits
4.4% →
SOILY 3.67 bits
4.2% →
SOILY 4.76 bits
3.0% →
ALIEN 4.43 bits
2.7% →
SALTY 4.47 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1H4E1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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