5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RETIP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To fit with a new tip.

“The stiletto heels need retipping.”

Alternative forms: re-tip

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 RETIP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RETIP 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,014 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___P R in the 1st position and P in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__P E in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ALOSE ACORN SOLAR SAUNT SONLY
Words starting with R Words ending with P

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RETIP 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,014 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RETIP ranks #1,014 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
975
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
15
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:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
25%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

317
209
170
149
119
116
87
77
75
63
61
54
53
42
41
41
37
37
34
27
26
21
20
20
19
19
19
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RETIP:

13% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
7% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SALON 5.73 bits
8.9% →
ALOSE 5.36 bits
7.2% →
ACORN 5.20 bits
6.3% →
SOLAR 4.43 bits
5.0% →
SAUNT 5.26 bits
4.9% →
SONLY 5.04 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 5.04 bits
3.3% →
ANILE 4.44 bits
3.2% →
SCALE 4.56 bits
2.7% →
TROUT 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1T1I1P3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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