5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROSSA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɔsə/

Proper noun

A female given name from Italian

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 ROSSA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROSSA 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,238 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A R in the 1st position and A in the 5th position R__S_ R in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CLINE TRIED TRACE CLOTE STILE TRINE
Words starting with R Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROSSA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,238 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROSSA ranks #9,238 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
19
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:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

389
313
215
172
127
125
104
95
90
57
50
49
43
33
33
32
32
30
27
22
22
20
19
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17
17
15
14
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROSSA:

16% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
13% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
CLINE 5.94 bits
13.3% →
CLINE 5.45 bits
9.1% →
TRIED 5.24 bits
7.3% →
TRACE 4.76 bits
5.4% →
CLOTE 4.22 bits
5.3% →
STILE 5.02 bits
4.4% →
CLINE 5.10 bits
4.0% →
TRINE 4.21 bits
3.8% →
PLATE 4.70 bits
2.4% →
TALON 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1S1S1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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