5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RESOD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To sod again; to cover (a lawn) with fresh sod.

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 RESOD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RESOD 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,923 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__O_ R in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT ALINE PATEE SLANT LOATH TRAIL
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RESOD 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,923 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RESOD ranks #1,923 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
11
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:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
26%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

306
203
156
152
141
129
95
77
70
62
62
47
44
42
40
38
38
35
34
32
29
29
28
27
22
20
20
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RESOD:

13% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
7% chance
Suggested:
PATEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
PAINT 5.76 bits
8.6% →
ALINE 5.38 bits
6.6% →
PATEE 4.83 bits
6.4% →
SLANT 5.30 bits
6.0% →
LOATH 4.89 bits
5.5% →
TRAIL 5.12 bits
4.0% →
PLATE 4.94 bits
3.3% →
THALE 4.66 bits
3.0% →
ACORN 4.35 bits
2.6% →
CLONE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1S1O1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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