5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUACH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to emotion and morality.

Alternative forms: ruakh

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 RUACH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUACH 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,671 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___H R in the 1st position and H in the 5th position R__C_ R in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE NOISE TALER STILE STONE SOLDE
Words starting with R Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUACH 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,671 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUACH ranks #2,671 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
1,004
4 guesses
1,072
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
271
258
120
103
94
83
73
72
55
49
46
38
37
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUACH:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
11.5% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
10.9% →
NOISE 5.21 bits
5.1% →
TALER 4.55 bits
4.4% →
STILE 5.13 bits
4.0% →
STONE 5.14 bits
3.5% →
SOLDE 4.41 bits
3.1% →
STILE 5.42 bits
3.1% →
TRIDE 4.27 bits
2.3% →
CLONE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1A1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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