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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

RENEW

Yes, RENEW was the Wordle answer on March 20, 2022 (Wordle #274).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈnjuː//ɹɪˈnjʉw//ɹɪˈnju/

Verb

To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.

Verb

To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.

Noun

Synonym of renewal.

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: March 20, 2022 (#274).

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

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How RENEW performs as a guess

RENEW 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 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,614 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__W E in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT COAST SAINT CRAPE SOILY SAUCY
Words starting with R Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RENEW 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
0.72 Volatility
#9,614 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RENEW ranks #9,614 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
288
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P L I E R
R E N E W

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RENEW in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
279
244
161
120
92
76
73
59
53
48
41
33
31
27
26
24
23
22
22
19
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12
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RENEW:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
12% chance
Suggested:
COAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
SAULT 5.94 bits
11.8% →
COAST 5.53 bits
10.3% →
SAULT 5.70 bits
6.8% →
SAINT 5.39 bits
5.1% →
CRAPE 4.65 bits
3.9% →
SOILY 3.66 bits
3.2% →
SAUCY 4.29 bits
3.1% →
SLATY 4.74 bits
2.5% →
ANISE 4.72 bits
2.2% →
GROAN 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1N1E1W4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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