5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RETAX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To tax again.

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 RETAX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RETAX 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,344 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___X R in the 1st position and X in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__X E in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY NOISE SONLY POISE CRONY HOIST
Words starting with R Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RETAX 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,344 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RETAX ranks #9,344 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
23%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

340
210
202
159
139
130
115
104
84
75
66
65
62
40
39
36
34
29
24
24
22
20
20
20
15
15
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RETAX:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
8.9% →
NOISE 5.25 bits
8.6% →
SONLY 5.07 bits
6.7% →
POISE 4.62 bits
5.9% →
CRONY 4.73 bits
5.5% →
HOIST 5.14 bits
4.9% →
SABLE 4.47 bits
4.4% →
CHARD 4.26 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.63 bits
3.2% →
SLICE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1T1A1X8
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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