5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROUKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% 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 ROUKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROUKY 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 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,326 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__K_ R in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE SLANE SALET TRONE ANISE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROUKY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,326 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROUKY ranks #10,326 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
34%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
323
167
142
124
118
95
68
63
55
52
49
46
43
40
35
33
30
29
24
16
16
16
16
14
14
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROUKY:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
SLATE 6.35 bits
13.7% →
TEASE 5.43 bits
7.1% →
SLANE 5.34 bits
6.0% →
SALET 4.92 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 4.48 bits
5.0% →
ANISE 5.11 bits
4.0% →
CLINE 4.82 bits
2.9% →
SALET 4.72 bits
2.7% →
SLANE 5.14 bits
2.3% →
CASTE 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1U1K5Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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