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RELAX

Yes, RELAX was the Wordle answer on January 4, 2025 (Wordle #1295).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlæks/

Verb

To make something loose.

“to relax a rope or cord”

Verb

To become loose.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 4, 2025 (#1295).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How RELAX performs as a guess

RELAX 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,170 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__X E in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SAINT TOISE COURT CLOUT CHART
Words starting with R Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RELAX 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,170 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RELAX ranks #10,170 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
24
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:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
22%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L Y N C H
R E G A L
R E L A X

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RELAX in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

329
201
193
186
174
127
121
97
93
86
68
68
50
43
37
33
31
22
22
20
19
18
18
18
16
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RELAX:

14% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
HOIST 5.80 bits
8.5% →
SAINT 5.30 bits
8.2% →
TOISE 5.34 bits
7.9% →
TOISE 4.70 bits
7.4% →
COURT 5.20 bits
5.4% →
CLOUT 4.68 bits
5.1% →
CHART 4.35 bits
4.1% →
SAUNT 4.46 bits
3.9% →
TOILE 4.37 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1L1A1X8
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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