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

RONUK

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

No dictionary definition for RONUK 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 RONUK in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% 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 RONUK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RONUK 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #5,663 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe RONUK 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.

4.53 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How RONUK 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
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#5,663 Rank among openers
Opening with RONUK left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.68 average. It ranks #5,663 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

RONUK can come back 84 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

542 answers
333 answers
145 answers
133 answers
119 answers
113 answers
99 answers
64 answers
63 answers
56 answers
55 answers
50 answers
43 answers
41 answers
30 answers
30 answers
27 answers
25 answers
22 answers
22 answers
21 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers
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12 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1N1U1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing RONUK

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RONUK:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLIME

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
SLATE 6.43 bits
14.0% →
TEASE 5.46 bits
6.1% →
SLIME 4.98 bits
5.6% →
LEAST 5.36 bits
5.0% →
SLATE 5.30 bits
4.7% →
SALTY 4.47 bits
4.2% →
TRADE 4.46 bits
2.7% →
CADIE 4.62 bits
2.6% →
STURE 4.53 bits
2.3% →
SWALE 4.03 bits

Research on RONUK

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

Optimal play

Opening with RONUK, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.72 guesses and ranks #6,090 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.86 guesses at best and is rank #3,230 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.68, at or below the proven-optimal 3.72, 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).