5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ROMAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊmən/

Adjective

Upright, as opposed to italic.

Adjective

Of or related to the Latin alphabet or roman numerals.

Noun

One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight.

Noun

Ellipsis of roman numeral.

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 ROMAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROMAN 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 85.7% of games, misses completely in 14.3%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,305 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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 SEITY STOLE TRIDE
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROMAN 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,305 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROMAN ranks #1,305 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
1,000
4 guesses
1,085
5 guesses
187
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)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

338
263
210
149
144
100
93
84
79
52
49
47
45
37
33
33
33
32
32
26
21
19
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROMAN:

14% chance
Suggested:
STILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SUITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
STILE 6.20 bits
11.2% →
SLATE 5.76 bits
8.9% →
SUITE 5.35 bits
6.3% →
SLATE 4.64 bits
6.1% →
SEITY 5.12 bits
4.2% →
STILE 5.11 bits
3.9% →
STOLE 4.44 bits
3.6% →
TRIDE 4.27 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.47 bits
2.2% →
STEAL 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1M3A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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