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

ROYET

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

No dictionary definition for ROYET 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 ROYET in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% 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 ROYET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROYET 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 89.8% of games, misses completely in 10.2%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,184 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 ROYET 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.

5.33 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ROYET 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
99.87% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#4,184 Rank among openers
Opening with ROYET left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.66 average. It ranks #4,184 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
35%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

ROYET can come back 108 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

248 answers
243 answers
140 answers
117 answers
106 answers
96 answers
96 answers
80 answers
76 answers
72 answers
67 answers
66 answers
55 answers
53 answers
47 answers
41 answers
40 answers
33 answers
33 answers
30 answers
28 answers
27 answers
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26 answers
26 answers
23 answers
23 answers
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22 answers
21 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1Y4E1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Strategy after playing ROYET

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROYET:

10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
6% chance
Suggested:
DAISY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.4% →
SLANE 5.37 bits
10.2% →
SLAIN 6.13 bits
5.9% →
DAISY 4.34 bits
4.9% →
CAIRN 4.73 bits
4.4% →
CRAPE 4.67 bits
4.0% →
SALON 5.03 bits
4.0% →
SEINE 3.61 bits
3.4% →
ARSON 4.19 bits
3.2% →
TASTE 4.61 bits
3.0% →
SATIN 4.58 bits

Research on ROYET

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

Optimal play

Opening with ROYET, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.64 guesses and ranks #1,133 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 ROYET can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.66; proven optimal play reaches 3.64. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

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).