5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RETAM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 RETAM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RETAM 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 104 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,674 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___M R in the 1st position and M in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SIDLE SLAIN POISE CRONY HOIST
Words starting with R Words ending with M

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
104 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RETAM 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,674 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RETAM ranks #1,674 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
953
4 guesses
1,131
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
14
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
24%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
192
161
149
120
118
95
87
80
69
61
57
57
55
37
36
36
33
33
27
25
22
22
21
21
19
18
17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RETAM:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
8.1% →
SIDLE 5.34 bits
6.8% →
SLAIN 5.17 bits
6.3% →
POISE 4.62 bits
5.1% →
CRONY 4.78 bits
5.0% →
HOIST 5.14 bits
4.0% →
SABLE 4.47 bits
3.7% →
CHARD 4.26 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.61 bits
2.9% →
SLICE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1T1A1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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