Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

ROAKE

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

No dictionary definition for ROAKE is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use ROAKE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How ROAKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROAKE 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 89.9% of games, misses completely in 10.1%, and leaves about 93 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #5,993 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe ROAKE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.29 Entropy (bits)
93 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ROAKE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#5,993 Rank among openers
Opening with ROAKE left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.69 average. It ranks #5,993 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
861
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
42%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

ROAKE can come back 99 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

240 answers
179 answers
165 answers
129 answers
114 answers
112 answers
89 answers
84 answers
75 answers
74 answers
69 answers
61 answers
58 answers
56 answers
53 answers
50 answers
49 answers
47 answers
33 answers
32 answers
31 answers
30 answers
29 answers
28 answers
27 answers
27 answers
26 answers
23 answers
22 answers
22 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1A1K5E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing ROAKE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ROAKE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROAKE:

10% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
7% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.1% →
SPILT 5.47 bits
7.5% →
SAINT 5.05 bits
6.9% →
SLEET 5.42 bits
5.4% →
DETER 4.47 bits
4.8% →
SALTY 3.87 bits
4.7% →
TUILE 4.56 bits
3.7% →
STOOL 4.89 bits
3.5% →
TRULY 4.70 bits
3.1% →
DROIT 3.95 bits
3.1% →
PETAL 4.51 bits

Research on ROAKE

Game-tree analysis and word research for ROAKE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ROAKE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,543 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with ROAKE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.69, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).