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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

ROUTE

Yes, ROUTE was the Wordle answer on January 12, 2024 (Wordle #937).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹuːt//ɹʉwt//ɹʉːt/

Noun

A course or way which is traveled or passed.

“The route was used so much that it formed a rut.”

Noun

A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.

“We live near the bus route.”

Verb

To direct or divert along a particular course.

“All incoming mail was routed through a single office.”

Verb

to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.

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: January 12, 2024 (#937).

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

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How ROUTE performs as a guess

ROUTE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 88 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,172 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN PENAL ARIEL SLANE CAIRN SHALT
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.50 Entropy (bits)
88 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROUTE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#3,172 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROUTE ranks #3,172 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,104
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EORTU

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
R O U T E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ROUTE in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

258
161
136
130
111
99
93
85
82
78
75
59
46
44
43
36
33
32
31
29
27
27
27
24
21
21
21
21
21
20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROUTE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
PENAL
6% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
SLAIN 5.70 bits
6.8% →
PENAL 5.19 bits
5.8% →
ARIEL 3.99 bits
5.5% →
SLANE 4.52 bits
4.7% →
CAIRN 4.65 bits
4.2% →
SHALT 5.00 bits
3.9% →
SALON 5.19 bits
3.6% →
LUMPY 4.14 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.83 bits
3.3% →
ARSON 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1U1T1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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