5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RORID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔːɹɪd/

Adjective

Dewy; containing dew.

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 RORID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RORID 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 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,725 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SIENT LEAST SLANT THALE TRACE
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RORID 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
0.71 Volatility
#7,725 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RORID ranks #7,725 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
13
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:
IOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
30%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
247
224
171
126
99
87
78
71
69
36
34
32
29
27
27
26
24
17
16
16
16
15
14
14
12
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RORID:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
9% chance
Suggested:
LEAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
SLATE 6.43 bits
10.5% →
SIENT 5.33 bits
9.5% →
LEAST 5.34 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
5.3% →
THALE 4.53 bits
4.2% →
TRACE 4.36 bits
3.7% →
PALET 4.26 bits
3.3% →
DEALT 5.06 bits
3.0% →
CASTE 4.95 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1R1I1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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