5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ROSSO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% 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 ROSSO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROSSO 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 69.1% of games, misses completely in 30.9%, and leaves about 342 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,497 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___O R in the 1st position and O in the 5th position R__S_ R in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE IRATE LEANT ALINE ATONE PARTE
Words starting with R Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
342 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROSSO 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,497 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROSSO ranks #13,497 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
679
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
356
6 guesses
37
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
26%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

729
401
219
131
121
108
75
66
56
52
41
41
30
27
19
19
18
17
14
13
11
10
10
10
7
7
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROSSO:

31% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
17% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.9% →
LIANE 6.14 bits
17.0% →
IRATE 5.35 bits
9.3% →
LEANT 5.45 bits
5.6% →
LEANT 4.61 bits
5.1% →
ALINE 5.47 bits
4.6% →
ATONE 4.42 bits
3.2% →
PARTE 4.57 bits
2.8% →
LIANE 4.39 bits
2.4% →
THALE 4.80 bits
2.2% →
CLAME 3.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1S1S1O1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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