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

RESAM

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

No dictionary definition for RESAM 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 RESAM in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% 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 RESAM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RESAM 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 88.4% of games, misses completely in 11.6%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,872 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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 RESAM 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.

5.22 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How RESAM 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#2,872 Rank among openers
Opening with RESAM left 2 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 3.64 average. It ranks #2,872 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
23%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

RESAM can come back 114 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

277 answers
182 answers
173 answers
152 answers
134 answers
128 answers
96 answers
93 answers
85 answers
75 answers
72 answers
65 answers
56 answers
49 answers
40 answers
39 answers
34 answers
31 answers
31 answers
25 answers
21 answers
21 answers
21 answers
20 answers
19 answers
18 answers
18 answers
18 answers
17 answers
15 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1S1A1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing RESAM

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RESAM:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.6% →
COUNT 5.66 bits
7.6% →
TOILE 5.48 bits
7.3% →
TALON 5.06 bits
6.4% →
TOILE 4.34 bits
5.6% →
DROIT 4.84 bits
5.4% →
SNOUT 4.82 bits
4.0% →
TRAIN 4.17 bits
3.9% →
TABLE 4.55 bits
3.6% →
SPELT 4.82 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.80 bits

Research on RESAM

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

Optimal play

Opening with RESAM, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.66 guesses and ranks #2,262 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.79 guesses at best and is rank #1,176 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.64, at or below the proven-optimal 3.66, 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).