5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RONDO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/

Noun

A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

Noun

A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.

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 RONDO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RONDO 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 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,826 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___O R in the 1st position and O in the 5th position R__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET DEALT THALE TRACE SAICE
Words starting with R Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RONDO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,826 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RONDO ranks #6,826 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
15
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
24%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

641
377
185
105
99
93
84
78
60
52
51
50
49
32
25
24
22
21
18
18
16
15
14
13
12
11
11
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RONDO:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2% →
SLATE 6.51 bits
16.0% →
SALET 5.47 bits
7.8% →
SALET 5.48 bits
4.5% →
DEALT 5.37 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 5.30 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.66 bits
3.6% →
TRACE 4.39 bits
3.3% →
SAICE 4.60 bits
2.5% →
CRIED 4.76 bits
2.2% →
PALET 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1N1D2O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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