5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

RESIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To take an examination a second time.

Noun

An examination taken a second time.

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 RESIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RESIT 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 89.2% of games, misses completely in 10.8%, and leaves about 89 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #184 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___T R in the 1st position and T in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position RE_IT R in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, I in the 4th position, and T in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ALONE ACORN CADEE SCALP GAILY
Words starting with R Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.54 Entropy (bits)
89 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RESIT 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#184 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RESIT ranks #184 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
92
3 guesses
1,024
4 guesses
1,061
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
12
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:
EIRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
30%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

129 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

255
176
156
139
114
96
71
71
69
67
50
45
43
42
41
39
38
36
34
34
33
32
29
28
25
25
23
23
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21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RESIT:

11% chance
Suggested:
COALY
7% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
7% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8% →
COALY 5.68 bits
7.5% →
ALONE 5.45 bits
6.6% →
ACORN 5.03 bits
5.9% →
CADEE 4.53 bits
4.8% →
SCALP 5.05 bits
4.1% →
GAILY 4.63 bits
3.0% →
TOTAL 4.78 bits
3.0% →
COALY 4.45 bits
2.9% →
SHALE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
ANILE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1S1I1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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