5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ROSTI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of rösti.

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 ROSTI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROSTI 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,320 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___I R in the 1st position and I in the 5th position R__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__I O in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE CADEE ANILE SHALE CLADE CLEAT
Words starting with R Words ending with I

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROSTI 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,320 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROSTI ranks #1,320 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,001
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
171
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
23%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

312
196
186
139
100
98
96
90
90
73
67
66
60
56
48
41
39
34
28
28
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROSTI:

13% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
8% chance
Suggested:
CADEE
8% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
LANCE 6.05 bits
8.3% →
CADEE 5.10 bits
7.9% →
ANILE 5.37 bits
5.9% →
SHALE 5.52 bits
4.2% →
CLADE 4.47 bits
4.2% →
CLEAT 5.08 bits
4.1% →
CRIED 4.63 bits
3.8% →
CLONE 5.24 bits
3.8% →
CANOE 4.37 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1S1T1I1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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