5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RESTY

RESTY 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

Adjective

Restive, resistant to control.

Adjective

Disposed to rest; inactive, lazy.

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 RESTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RESTY 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 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,312 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CLAIM ALINE CADIE ACORN HAUNT DAILY
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RESTY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,312 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RESTY ranks #4,312 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
32%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

256
224
171
169
130
128
118
92
67
66
66
58
51
48
47
40
35
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RESTY:

11% chance
Suggested:
CLAIM
9% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
7% chance
Suggested:
CADIE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
CLAIM 6.00 bits
9.5% →
ALINE 5.51 bits
7.3% →
CADIE 4.44 bits
7.2% →
ACORN 4.96 bits
5.5% →
HAUNT 5.02 bits
5.4% →
DAILY 4.20 bits
5.0% →
SLAIN 5.09 bits
3.9% →
SPALE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
ALINE 4.45 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1S1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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