5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROODS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rood

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 ROODS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROODS 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,749 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE IRATE STALE ANILE SPATE THALE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROODS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,749 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROODS ranks #8,749 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
817
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
23
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
323
301
114
105
97
72
69
54
51
51
47
45
39
29
29
27
20
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROODS:

25% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
14% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
LIANE 6.16 bits
13.7% →
IRATE 5.34 bits
12.8% →
STALE 5.71 bits
4.8% →
ANILE 5.40 bits
4.5% →
SPATE 5.01 bits
4.1% →
THALE 4.62 bits
3.1% →
TALON 5.11 bits
2.9% →
DRIED 4.81 bits
2.3% →
PALET 4.50 bits
2.2% →
BLATE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1O1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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