5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROARY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a roaring sound.

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 ROARY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROARY 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,700 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__R_ R in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SALET SEINE SIDLE SINCE TALER
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROARY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#10,700 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROARY ranks #10,700 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
309
6 guesses
31
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
43%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
248
207
165
156
128
111
87
83
72
66
60
49
47
36
30
25
24
22
19
19
18
17
12
11
10
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROARY:

18% chance
Suggested:
STILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
STILE 6.12 bits
10.5% →
SALET 5.44 bits
8.8% →
SEINE 5.07 bits
7.0% →
STILE 5.13 bits
6.6% →
STILE 5.10 bits
5.4% →
SIDLE 4.64 bits
4.7% →
SINCE 4.64 bits
3.7% →
TALER 4.53 bits
3.5% →
TENOR 3.92 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 3.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1A1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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