5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROSTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rost

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rost

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 ROSTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROSTS 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,783 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RO_TS R in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE CADIE PLANE ALINE CLADE CRANE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROSTS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,783 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROSTS ranks #8,783 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
253
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
1 vowels
Common:
ORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
24%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

503
292
174
171
119
112
101
92
81
75
56
55
48
38
36
32
29
25
20
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROSTS:

21% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
CADIE
7% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
LIANE 6.19 bits
12.4% →
CADIE 5.36 bits
7.4% →
PLANE 5.58 bits
7.3% →
LIANE 5.40 bits
5.0% →
ALINE 5.46 bits
4.7% →
CLADE 4.51 bits
4.3% →
CRANE 4.43 bits
3.9% →
TREAT 4.66 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.87 bits
3.2% →
PHASE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1S1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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