5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RESES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of res

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of res

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 RESES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RESES 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,659 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RE_ES R in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON TRAIN ALINE SLANT COATE TOILE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RESES 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,659 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RESES ranks #12,659 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
332
6 guesses
23
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

589
291
219
205
110
108
105
86
82
76
36
36
32
31
25
25
22
21
16
15
12
12
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RESES:

25% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
ALINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
TALON 5.72 bits
12.3% →
TRAIN 5.11 bits
9.3% →
ALINE 5.39 bits
8.7% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
4.7% →
COATE 4.57 bits
4.6% →
SLANT 4.72 bits
4.5% →
TOILE 3.58 bits
3.6% →
DEALT 4.56 bits
3.5% →
OLDEN 4.36 bits
3.2% →
STRAP 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1S1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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