5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REWAX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To wax 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 REWAX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REWAX 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,145 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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 SLANT TOILE COURT TOISE CHART
Words starting with R Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REWAX 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,145 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REWAX ranks #13,145 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
671
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
353
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
20%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

453
285
264
183
183
149
122
85
76
52
44
37
34
31
27
24
24
22
21
18
18
17
17
15
14
14
11
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REWAX:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
SOILY 5.69 bits
12.1% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
11.2% →
TOILE 5.36 bits
7.8% →
COURT 5.18 bits
7.8% →
TOISE 4.52 bits
6.3% →
SLANT 4.63 bits
5.2% →
CHART 4.32 bits
3.6% →
SENTE 4.11 bits
3.2% →
STAGE 3.50 bits
2.2% →
TONAL 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1W4A1X8
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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