5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RORIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 RORIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RORIE 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 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,520 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SAULT SLEET SALTY CRUST ARSON
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RORIE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,520 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RORIE ranks #6,520 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
24
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
42%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

315
222
177
153
130
120
118
97
84
72
69
50
46
40
40
37
34
31
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28
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RORIE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SLANT 5.77 bits
9.4% →
SLANT 5.60 bits
7.5% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
6.5% →
SAULT 5.33 bits
5.5% →
SLEET 4.54 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
5.0% →
SALTY 4.45 bits
4.1% →
CRUST 4.87 bits
3.6% →
ARSON 4.02 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1R1I1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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