5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RODES

RODES 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

Noun

plural of rode

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 RODES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RODES 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,238 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RO_ES R in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT ELATE SAULT TRAIL SLANT TRACE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RODES 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
#2,238 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RODES ranks #2,238 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
11
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:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

306
220
171
129
108
106
88
88
87
81
60
57
51
45
45
43
30
28
27
27
25
23
22
21
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19
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RODES:

13% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
ELATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
PAINT 5.76 bits
9.3% →
ELATE 5.51 bits
7.3% →
SAULT 5.27 bits
5.5% →
TRAIL 5.12 bits
4.6% →
SLANT 4.97 bits
4.5% →
TRACE 4.80 bits
3.7% →
TALON 5.04 bits
3.7% →
PATEE 3.77 bits
3.7% →
HOTLY 3.90 bits
3.4% →
ACTOR 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1D2E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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