Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

ROWET

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

No dictionary definition for ROWET is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use ROWET in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How ROWET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROWET 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,160 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe ROWET used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.13 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ROWET 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% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#4,160 Rank among openers
Opening with ROWET solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.66 average. It ranks #4,160 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
35%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

ROWET can come back 111 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

364 answers
258 answers
136 answers
116 answers
105 answers
94 answers
92 answers
87 answers
84 answers
76 answers
65 answers
61 answers
52 answers
44 answers
36 answers
31 answers
30 answers
29 answers
27 answers
26 answers
26 answers
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18 answers
18 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1W4E1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing ROWET

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ROWET.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROWET:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
6% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
SLAIN 5.93 bits
10.8% →
SLANE 5.41 bits
5.7% →
CAIRN 4.88 bits
4.9% →
CEASE 4.59 bits
4.4% →
TITAN 4.82 bits
3.9% →
LAIDE 3.65 bits
3.9% →
SALON 5.01 bits
3.6% →
SADLY 4.39 bits
3.5% →
TASTE 4.80 bits
3.2% →
ARDOR 4.14 bits

Research on ROWET

Game-tree analysis and word research for ROWET, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ROWET, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.66 guesses and ranks #1,995 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with ROWET can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.66, at or below the proven-optimal 3.66, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).