5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RESUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Clipping of resuscitation.

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 RESUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RESUS 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,837 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__U_ R in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALONE TRAIN IRATE SLANT BLUNT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RESUS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,837 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RESUS ranks #11,837 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
309
6 guesses
35
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
20%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
279
233
218
157
146
116
114
58
50
50
46
44
43
29
27
26
19
19
18
17
17
12
12
11
10
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RESUS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
TALON 5.84 bits
11.8% →
ALONE 5.45 bits
9.9% →
TRAIN 5.12 bits
9.2% →
IRATE 4.37 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
6.2% →
BLUNT 4.51 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 4.69 bits
4.8% →
THALE 4.59 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.57 bits
2.1% →
TUILE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1S1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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