5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROUGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 ROUGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROUGY 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 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,407 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__G_ R in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SAICE SALET TRACE ANISE CLINE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROUGY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,407 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROUGY ranks #7,407 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
35%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

551
315
167
142
117
95
88
76
61
52
44
43
42
41
41
41
32
25
23
23
19
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18
14
14
13
13
12
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROUGY:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
SLATE 6.40 bits
13.4% →
SAICE 5.42 bits
7.1% →
SLATE 5.16 bits
6.0% →
SALET 4.95 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.48 bits
4.0% →
ANISE 5.09 bits
3.7% →
CLINE 4.76 bits
3.2% →
SALET 4.62 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 5.08 bits
2.2% →
CASTE 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1U1G2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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