5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REZES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rez

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 REZES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REZES 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,707 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RE_ES R in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON TRAIN SLANT ANILE COATE TOILE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REZES 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,707 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REZES ranks #12,707 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
693
4 guesses
1,275
5 guesses
328
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

573
289
257
212
119
105
104
86
80
78
35
35
32
25
25
22
21
21
17
16
15
13
13
13
10
10
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REZES:

24% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TALON 5.72 bits
12.3% →
TRAIN 5.11 bits
10.9% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
9.0% →
ANILE 5.45 bits
5.0% →
SLANT 4.75 bits
4.5% →
COATE 4.60 bits
4.4% →
TOILE 3.59 bits
3.6% →
DEALT 4.56 bits
3.4% →
ALIEN 4.31 bits
3.3% →
STRAP 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1Z10E1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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