5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RETIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To tie again; to tie something that has already been tied or was tied before.

“She stopped walking for a moment to retie her shoe.”

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 RETIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RETIE 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,040 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ACORN SONLY SNOUT SAULT SOLAR
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RETIE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,040 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RETIE ranks #5,040 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

387
200
137
135
128
93
92
72
69
65
63
55
50
48
48
36
34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RETIE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SALON
8% chance
Suggested:
ACORN
6% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
SALON 5.75 bits
8.5% →
ACORN 5.12 bits
5.8% →
SONLY 5.00 bits
5.7% →
SNOUT 5.21 bits
5.4% →
SAULT 4.80 bits
3.9% →
SOLAR 4.16 bits
3.9% →
OLDEN 4.97 bits
3.1% →
TROUT 4.59 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.38 bits
2.8% →
CRAPE 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1T1I1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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