5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RHUMB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹʌm//ɹʌmb/

Noun

A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.

Noun

Any of the 32 points of the compass.

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 RHUMB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RHUMB 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 320 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,645 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__M_ R in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _H__B H in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE IRATE STILE ALOSE COATE MOILE
Words starting with R Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
320 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RHUMB 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,645 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RHUMB ranks #9,645 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
19%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

695
434
129
110
109
108
89
72
62
55
52
39
34
32
29
27
23
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RHUMB:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
18% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
5% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
SLANE 6.26 bits
18.4% →
IRATE 5.33 bits
5.5% →
STILE 5.14 bits
4.7% →
ALOSE 5.41 bits
4.6% →
COATE 5.30 bits
4.6% →
MOILE 5.37 bits
3.8% →
SLATE 5.09 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.71 bits
2.6% →
SILER 4.40 bits
2.3% →
BRANE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1H4U1M3B3
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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