5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROWND

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Obsolete form of round.

Noun

Obsolete form of round.

Preposition

Obsolete form of round.

Adverb

Obsolete form of round.

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 ROWND performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROWND 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,135 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__N_ R in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET SAICE SALTY TRACE DEALT
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROWND 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,135 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROWND ranks #3,135 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
8
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
1 vowels
Common:
NOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

587
345
160
126
111
94
93
88
52
52
44
40
38
36
36
30
27
25
19
19
19
17
17
17
15
15
11
11
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROWND:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
SLATE 6.51 bits
14.6% →
SALET 5.47 bits
6.8% →
SAICE 5.36 bits
5.3% →
SALET 5.26 bits
4.7% →
SALTY 4.51 bits
4.0% →
TRACE 4.38 bits
3.9% →
DEALT 5.22 bits
3.7% →
SAULT 4.83 bits
2.2% →
SALET 5.21 bits
2.2% →
PALET 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1W4N1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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