5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RODNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 RODNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RODNY 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,493 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__N_ R in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE SAICE SAULT TRACE TUILE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RODNY 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,493 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RODNY ranks #2,493 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
14
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
1 vowels
Common:
NOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
36%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

496
322
140
133
131
94
80
79
78
52
49
43
42
41
35
34
26
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RODNY:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
6% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
SLATE 6.57 bits
13.7% →
TEASE 5.57 bits
5.9% →
SAICE 5.38 bits
5.6% →
SAULT 4.82 bits
5.6% →
SLATE 5.31 bits
4.0% →
TRACE 4.41 bits
3.4% →
TUILE 4.58 bits
3.4% →
SAULT 4.79 bits
3.3% →
TUILE 5.27 bits
2.2% →
DRICE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1D2N1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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