5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ROGAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊɡən/

Proper noun

A surname from Irish.

Proper noun

A male given name.

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 ROGAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROGAN 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,112 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___N R in the 1st position and N in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE SUITE STARE SEITY CLOTE
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROGAN 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
0.71 Volatility
#2,112 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROGAN ranks #2,112 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,113
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
12
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:
ANOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
27%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

348
286
218
142
119
103
98
84
72
55
46
36
35
35
33
32
32
31
27
25
24
21
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18
18
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15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROGAN:

15% chance
Suggested:
STILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SUITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
STILE 6.17 bits
12.1% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
9.2% →
SUITE 5.33 bits
6.0% →
STARE 4.59 bits
5.0% →
SEITY 5.09 bits
4.4% →
STILE 5.14 bits
4.2% →
CLOTE 4.41 bits
3.6% →
TRIDE 4.32 bits
3.1% →
CASTE 4.29 bits
2.3% →
STEAL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1G2A1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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