5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROVED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

past participle of rove

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 ROVED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROVED 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,839 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position RO_ED R in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SLATE SAINT PRATE SALTY ARSON
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROVED 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,839 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROVED ranks #5,839 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

471
309
184
133
123
107
100
88
72
63
51
50
34
31
23
23
20
20
19
18
17
17
15
14
14
14
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROVED:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
SLANT 5.99 bits
13.1% →
SLATE 5.79 bits
7.8% →
SAINT 5.32 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 5.27 bits
5.2% →
PRATE 4.80 bits
4.5% →
SALTY 4.54 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 3.94 bits
3.7% →
ARSON 4.17 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
2.7% →
ANILE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1V4E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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