5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ROADS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹoʊdz//ɹəʊdz/

Noun

plural of road

Noun

A roadstead.

“Hampton Roads”

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 ROADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROADS 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,800 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLINE TRIER STILE CLOTE TARGE THALE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROADS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,800 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROADS ranks #1,800 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
12
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:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

301
207
172
157
96
88
82
79
78
75
73
65
63
63
57
50
43
38
34
31
28
27
23
23
21
21
20
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROADS:

13% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
CLINE 6.00 bits
8.8% →
CLINE 5.21 bits
7.3% →
TRIER 4.99 bits
6.7% →
STILE 5.35 bits
4.1% →
CLOTE 4.43 bits
3.7% →
TARGE 4.36 bits
3.5% →
CLINE 5.08 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.27 bits
3.3% →
CLINE 4.92 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1A1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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