5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RESAW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To saw again or anew, as with, especially, recutting (remilling) lumber by remaking boards into thinner boards.

Verb

simple past of resee

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 RESAW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RESAW 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,934 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__W E in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TALON TOILE TRIED COURT SPILT
Words starting with R Words ending with W

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RESAW 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,934 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RESAW ranks #4,934 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
14
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
22%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

308
195
181
150
136
125
108
98
87
79
70
65
47
42
37
35
33
27
25
25
23
23
23
19
18
17
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RESAW:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
COUNT 5.67 bits
8.3% →
TALON 4.97 bits
7.7% →
TOILE 5.44 bits
6.4% →
TRIED 4.45 bits
5.8% →
COURT 5.03 bits
5.3% →
SPILT 4.94 bits
4.6% →
TABLE 4.57 bits
4.2% →
CAIRN 4.09 bits
3.7% →
STILE 4.71 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1S1A1W4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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