5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RONIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).

Noun

A student who has failed the entrance examination for the high school or university of their choice: if the student does not wish to take the exam the following year or is unable to, the student becomes a ronin, assuming full responsibility for their own training and survival.

Alternative forms: rōnin

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 RONIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RONIN 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,037 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE STILE THALE TRACE PRATE
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RONIN 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,037 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RONIN ranks #8,037 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

520
317
195
131
125
111
105
94
64
61
60
44
43
31
28
24
23
23
22
20
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RONIN:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
SLATE 6.47 bits
13.4% →
TEASE 5.47 bits
8.3% →
STILE 5.47 bits
5.6% →
SLATE 5.24 bits
5.3% →
THALE 4.49 bits
4.7% →
TRACE 4.48 bits
4.5% →
PRATE 4.54 bits
4.0% →
SALET 5.21 bits
2.7% →
CADET 4.84 bits
2.6% →
SWALE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1N1I1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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