5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RONTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ront

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 RONTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RONTS 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #642 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RO_TS R in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

MAILE CADIE SHALE CLEAT LAIDE CLADE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RONTS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#642 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RONTS ranks #642 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,034
4 guesses
1,084
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

332
241
163
124
102
80
80
77
71
69
69
67
47
45
44
43
43
40
40
31
30
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28
22
21
21
21
19
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RONTS:

14% chance
Suggested:
MAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
CADIE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
MAILE 6.10 bits
10.2% →
CADIE 5.38 bits
6.9% →
SHALE 5.56 bits
5.3% →
CLEAT 5.13 bits
4.3% →
LAIDE 5.37 bits
3.4% →
CLADE 4.47 bits
3.4% →
TRACE 4.79 bits
3.3% →
CRAPE 4.22 bits
3.0% →
SHAPE 4.90 bits
2.9% →
CADIE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1N1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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