5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROOTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Full of roots.

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of roots.

“The vegetable stew had an earthy, rooty flavour.”

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 ROOTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROOTY 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,091 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SAICE SALET SIDLE TREAT CLINE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROOTY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,091 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROOTY ranks #8,091 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
821
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
16
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:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
40%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

550
318
240
161
113
76
65
64
59
52
50
46
44
43
37
36
36
25
24
20
18
16
15
15
14
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10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROOTY:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
SLANE 6.33 bits
13.5% →
SAICE 5.55 bits
10.2% →
SALET 5.59 bits
6.8% →
SIDLE 4.73 bits
4.8% →
TREAT 4.81 bits
3.2% →
CLINE 4.61 bits
2.8% →
CLINE 4.93 bits
2.7% →
SLANE 4.85 bits
2.5% →
CRANE 4.25 bits
2.2% →
LIANE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1O1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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