5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ROUES

ROUES 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

Noun

plural of roue

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 ROUES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROUES 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,905 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RO_ES R in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CANDY DEALT SHALT TRAIN TRACE SLANT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROUES 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
0.72 Volatility
#4,905 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROUES ranks #4,905 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
33%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

249
237
131
121
115
101
96
92
85
84
82
67
51
43
41
34
32
32
30
26
25
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24
24
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROUES:

11% chance
Suggested:
CANDY
10% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
6% chance
Suggested:
SHALT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.6% →
CANDY 5.36 bits
10.0% →
DEALT 5.60 bits
5.6% →
SHALT 5.32 bits
5.1% →
TRAIN 4.83 bits
4.9% →
TRACE 4.73 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.97 bits
4.1% →
SAINT 3.45 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 3.86 bits
3.6% →
LUMPY 4.18 bits
3.6% →
TALON 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1U1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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