5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROTON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The quantum of rotation in a superfluid

Noun

an elementary excitation or quasiparticle in a superfluid

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 ROTON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROTON 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,997 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__O_ R in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

AISLE SAICE SHALE TREAT CLADE SLICE
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROTON 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,997 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROTON ranks #4,997 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
22
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:
NORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

508
319
219
182
109
80
75
65
60
51
51
46
43
41
32
29
28
27
22
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROTON:

22% chance
Suggested:
AISLE
14% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
9% chance
Suggested:
SHALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
AISLE 6.16 bits
13.5% →
SAICE 5.56 bits
9.3% →
SHALE 5.79 bits
7.7% →
SAICE 5.41 bits
4.6% →
TREAT 5.02 bits
3.4% →
CLADE 4.58 bits
3.2% →
SLICE 5.15 bits
2.8% →
SALUE 4.55 bits
2.5% →
CRAPE 4.47 bits
2.2% →
PLACE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1T1O1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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