5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RENDU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname from French.

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 RENDU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RENDU 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,626 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__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__U E in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

SLATY SLATE COAST MULCH SLANT ALOSE
Words starting with R Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RENDU 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,626 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RENDU ranks #4,626 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
18
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:
ENRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
21%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
247
203
201
134
116
80
76
61
56
53
48
43
43
37
35
35
32
27
25
23
23
20
20
19
19
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RENDU:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLATY
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SLATY 5.87 bits
10.5% →
SLATE 5.82 bits
8.6% →
COAST 5.59 bits
8.5% →
COAST 4.77 bits
5.7% →
MULCH 4.81 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 5.33 bits
3.4% →
ALOSE 4.58 bits
3.2% →
SHALT 4.88 bits
2.6% →
COAST 4.42 bits
2.4% →
SAULT 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1N1D2U1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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