5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ROPEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of ropy.

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 ROPEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROPEY 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,517 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT TRAIN TRACE ARSON SLAIN
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROPEY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,517 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROPEY ranks #3,517 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
949
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
202
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
39%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

316
315
152
136
122
118
106
92
85
76
57
51
47
42
32
29
29
27
27
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROPEY:

13% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SAINT 6.17 bits
13.4% →
SLANT 5.64 bits
6.4% →
TRAIN 5.15 bits
5.8% →
SAINT 4.75 bits
5.2% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.94 bits
4.5% →
SAINT 4.09 bits
3.9% →
ARSON 4.28 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.48 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1P3E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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