Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

REPUN

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

No dictionary definition for REPUN is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use REPUN in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How REPUN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REPUN 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #3,838 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe REPUN used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.89 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How REPUN 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#3,838 Rank among openers
Opening with REPUN left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.65 average. It ranks #3,838 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
23%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

REPUN can come back 101 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

365 answers
241 answers
204 answers
203 answers
132 answers
114 answers
93 answers
76 answers
65 answers
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16 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1P3U1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing REPUN

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to REPUN.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REPUN:

15% chance
Suggested:
SALTY
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
SALTY 5.78 bits
10.1% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
8.6% →
COAST 5.48 bits
8.5% →
SATED 4.55 bits
5.5% →
COALY 4.98 bits
4.8% →
SHALT 4.86 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.71 bits
3.2% →
ANISE 4.68 bits
2.7% →
SLATY 5.13 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 3.98 bits

Research on REPUN

Game-tree analysis and word research for REPUN, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with REPUN, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,284 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.80 guesses at best and is rank #1,500 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.65, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).