5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROBER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who robes.

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 ROBER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROBER 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,694 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position RO_ER R in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT TRACE SALTY SCORN SLANE
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROBER 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,694 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROBER ranks #8,694 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
807
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
15
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

506
363
173
137
128
126
87
83
73
62
47
38
28
28
27
27
25
24
20
20
19
19
16
15
14
14
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROBER:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
SAINT 6.01 bits
15.4% →
SLANT 5.71 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 5.20 bits
5.8% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
5.4% →
TRACE 4.86 bits
5.3% →
SALTY 4.46 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.76 bits
3.5% →
SAINT 3.88 bits
3.1% →
SCORN 3.96 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1B3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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