5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROSES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊzɪz//ˈɹoʊzɪz/

Noun

plural of rose

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rose

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 ROSES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROSES 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,531 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RO_ES R in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT DEALT TRAIN SLANT TRACE HOTLY
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROSES 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,531 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROSES ranks #10,531 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
26
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:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
288
161
143
130
118
110
105
104
96
75
58
53
43
34
30
28
26
25
25
21
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19
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13
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROSES:

16% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
PAINT 5.69 bits
12.2% →
DEALT 5.54 bits
6.8% →
TRAIN 5.16 bits
6.1% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
5.5% →
TRACE 4.76 bits
5.0% →
HOTLY 3.84 bits
4.7% →
IRATE 3.28 bits
4.5% →
TALON 5.02 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 4.88 bits
4.1% →
ACTOR 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1S1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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