Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

ROERS

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

No dictionary definition for ROERS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

Check ROERS on Wiktionary or report a missing entry.

Use ROERS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How ROERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROERS 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,676 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe ROERS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.73 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ROERS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#9,676 Rank among openers
Opening with ROERS left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,676 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
794
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

ROERS can come back 84 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

370 answers
302 answers
188 answers
167 answers
120 answers
118 answers
107 answers
102 answers
74 answers
67 answers
58 answers
49 answers
45 answers
38 answers
37 answers
34 answers
31 answers
31 answers
30 answers
25 answers
24 answers
24 answers
24 answers
21 answers
21 answers
19 answers
18 answers
15 answers
13 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1E1R1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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

Strategy after playing ROERS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ROERS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROERS:

16% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
PAINT 5.70 bits
12.7% →
LIANE 5.39 bits
7.9% →
SAULT 5.27 bits
7.0% →
PATEE 4.58 bits
5.0% →
TRAIN 4.95 bits
4.9% →
HOTLY 3.84 bits
4.5% →
TALON 5.01 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.77 bits
3.1% →
APRON 3.80 bits
2.8% →
THALE 4.34 bits

Research on ROERS

Game-tree analysis and word research for ROERS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ROERS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.76 guesses and ranks #8,934 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with ROERS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.75, at or below the proven-optimal 3.76, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).