5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

RODEO

Yes, RODEO was the Wordle answer on June 25, 2023 (Wordle #736).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.di.əʊ//ˈɹoʊ.di.oʊ//ɹoʊˈdeɪ.oʊ/

Noun

A gathering of cattle to be branded.

Noun

A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.

Verb

To perform in a rodeo show.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 25, 2023 (#736).

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

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How RODEO performs as a guess

RODEO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,205 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___O R in the 1st position and O in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE TEASE SLANT SHALT SAUNT
Words starting with R Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RODEO 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,205 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RODEO ranks #8,205 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
826
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G I V E R
R O D E O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RODEO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

490
332
191
136
108
93
90
82
82
61
57
56
32
31
28
26
24
23
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21
21
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RODEO:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
SAINT 6.06 bits
14.1% →
SLATE 5.79 bits
8.1% →
SAINT 5.30 bits
5.8% →
TEASE 4.81 bits
4.6% →
SAINT 3.91 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
3.8% →
SHALT 4.45 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
3.5% →
SAUNT 4.22 bits
2.6% →
ALINE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1D2E1O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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