5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

ROTOR

ROTOR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.tə//ˈɹoʊ.tɚ//ˈɹoʊ.tə/

Noun

A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.

Noun

A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 ROTOR performs as a guess

ROTOR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 319 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,194 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__O_ R in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SAINE SAICE CLADE TREAT AINEE
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
319 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROTOR 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,194 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROTOR ranks #12,194 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
699
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
25
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:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
30%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
R O B O T
R O T O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ROTOR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

731
287
265
115
110
106
91
74
59
50
41
40
36
25
23
23
21
19
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14
12
12
12
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROTOR:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
11% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
SLANE 6.21 bits
12.2% →
SAINE 5.67 bits
11.2% →
SAICE 5.47 bits
4.9% →
CLADE 4.51 bits
4.7% →
SLANE 5.23 bits
4.5% →
TREAT 4.99 bits
3.9% →
AINEE 3.89 bits
3.1% →
CRANE 4.58 bits
2.5% →
PLACE 4.40 bits
2.1% →
BAILE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1T1O1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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