5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RETEM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A shrub with white flowers, possibly Retama raetam; the juniper of the (King James Version) Old Testament.

Alternative forms: raetam, rethem

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 RETEM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RETEM 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,934 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN ARSON SAINT SLANE CRAPE COALY
Words starting with R Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RETEM 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,934 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RETEM ranks #5,934 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

474
228
209
207
101
98
94
91
83
59
50
46
34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RETEM:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
ARSON
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SLAIN 5.93 bits
9.7% →
ARSON 4.90 bits
8.9% →
SAINT 5.58 bits
8.8% →
SLANE 5.40 bits
4.3% →
CRAPE 4.52 bits
4.2% →
COALY 4.91 bits
4.0% →
TRAIT 4.72 bits
3.9% →
SOILY 3.85 bits
3.5% →
SHALE 4.89 bits
2.5% →
ALIEN 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1T1E1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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