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ROUSE

Yes, ROUSE was the Wordle answer on September 8, 2023 (Wordle #811).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊz/

Noun

An arousal.

Noun

The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

Verb

To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy.

Verb

To be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.

Alternative forms: rouze

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: September 8, 2023 (#811).

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

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How ROUSE performs as a guess

ROUSE 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,671 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__S_ R in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CANDY LEANT CADET TRAIN SLANT SALTY
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.47 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROUSE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,671 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROUSE ranks #3,671 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
915
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
24
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:
EORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
40%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ROUSE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

249
195
153
121
109
100
92
85
84
82
58
53
48
41
38
35
32
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27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROUSE:

11% chance
Suggested:
CANDY
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
6% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.6% →
CANDY 5.36 bits
8.3% →
LEANT 5.36 bits
6.5% →
CADET 4.38 bits
5.1% →
TRAIN 4.83 bits
4.6% →
LEANT 4.57 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 5.16 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 3.86 bits
3.6% →
LUMPY 4.18 bits
3.6% →
TALON 5.07 bits
3.5% →
ACORN 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1U1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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