5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ROTAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹotɑn/

Noun

A long rattan cane used for corporal punishment.

Noun

Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii)

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 ROTAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROTAN 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #208 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___N R in the 1st position and N in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SIDLE SPALE SIDEY SHIEL SCALE SLICE
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.40 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROTAN 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#208 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROTAN ranks #208 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
1,046
4 guesses
1,056
5 guesses
160
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:
ANORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
29%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

131 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

259
213
175
117
117
114
84
83
75
65
61
59
39
39
36
36
35
29
28
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROTAN:

11% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPALE
7% chance
Suggested:
SIDEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
SIDLE 5.98 bits
9.0% →
SPALE 5.53 bits
7.4% →
SIDEY 4.96 bits
5.0% →
SHIEL 5.31 bits
5.0% →
SCALE 4.38 bits
4.8% →
SLICE 5.12 bits
3.6% →
SALET 4.70 bits
3.5% →
CLOSE 4.38 bits
3.2% →
SLICE 5.10 bits
2.8% →
DRICE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1T1A1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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