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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

ROUGE

Yes, ROUGE was the Wordle answer on November 22, 2021 (Wordle #156).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːʒ/[ˈɹʷʊu̯ʒ]

Adjective

Of a reddish pink colour.

Noun

Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.

Noun

Any reddish pink colour.

Verb

To apply rouge (makeup).

“She rouged her face before setting out for the party.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 22, 2021 (#156).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ROUGE performs as a guess

ROUGE 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,478 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__G_ R in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLATY SLANT STAIR SAINT SALON MULCH
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROUGE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,478 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROUGE ranks #4,478 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
16
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
3 vowels
Common:
EORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
R O G U E
R O U G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ROUGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

333
235
167
145
143
111
97
96
86
57
56
46
41
37
35
31
29
26
23
23
23
23
22
21
20
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROUGE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLATY
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
SLATY 5.78 bits
10.0% →
SLANT 5.53 bits
7.1% →
STAIR 4.29 bits
6.1% →
SAINT 4.96 bits
6.1% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
4.7% →
SALON 5.06 bits
4.1% →
MULCH 4.25 bits
4.1% →
SALTY 4.36 bits
3.6% →
ARSON 4.24 bits
2.4% →
CRATE 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1U1G2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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