5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUBAI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈbʌɪ//ɹuˈbaɪ/

Noun

A quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.

Alternative forms: ruba'i, rubāʿī

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 RUBAI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUBAI 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,629 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___I R in the 1st position and I in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__I U in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STOLE SIENT SONCE TRACE STILE
Words starting with R Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUBAI 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,629 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUBAI ranks #8,629 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
19
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
20%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

314
288
282
213
170
111
103
77
75
73
55
38
37
35
35
26
25
22
22
21
20
20
20
18
16
15
13
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUBAI:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.3% →
SLATE 5.60 bits
12.2% →
STOLE 5.70 bits
12.0% →
SIENT 5.27 bits
9.0% →
SONCE 5.17 bits
7.2% →
TRACE 4.63 bits
4.7% →
STILE 4.45 bits
4.4% →
STONE 4.96 bits
3.3% →
SONLY 3.97 bits
3.2% →
ALIEN 4.49 bits
3.1% →
CLOTE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1B3A1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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