5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROTTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of rota.

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 ROTTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROTTA 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,185 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___A R in the 1st position and A in the 5th position R__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLICE SLANE SEINE GRACE CLINE CLONE
Words starting with R Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROTTA 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,185 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROTTA ranks #7,185 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
19
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:
AORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

390
312
208
160
118
118
111
93
86
56
47
47
36
32
32
32
31
30
29
28
26
24
22
17
15
13
13
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROTTA:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SLICE 6.05 bits
13.2% →
SLANE 5.55 bits
8.8% →
SEINE 5.11 bits
6.8% →
GRACE 4.47 bits
5.0% →
CLINE 5.21 bits
5.0% →
CLONE 4.38 bits
4.7% →
SIENT 5.26 bits
3.9% →
SLANE 4.85 bits
3.6% →
DRICE 4.26 bits
2.4% →
TRIPE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1T1T1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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