5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REMOU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An eddy or vortex

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 REMOU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REMOU 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,974 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__O_ R in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__U E in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT CADEE TONAL SAINT THALE ACORN
Words starting with R Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REMOU 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,974 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REMOU ranks #5,974 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
12
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
3 vowels
Common:
EORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
20%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
268
185
152
146
141
113
86
82
66
62
54
51
50
47
47
36
33
31
25
22
20
19
17
15
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REMOU:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
CADEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
SLANT 5.97 bits
11.4% →
SLANT 5.79 bits
7.8% →
CADEE 4.65 bits
6.4% →
TONAL 5.04 bits
6.2% →
SAINT 5.04 bits
6.0% →
SLANT 5.07 bits
4.8% →
THALE 4.68 bits
3.6% →
ACORN 4.38 bits
3.5% →
SLANE 4.34 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1M3O1U1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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