5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUBEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of ruble (“the monetary unit of Belarus, equal to 100 kopeks”).

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 RUBEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUBEL 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,454 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___L R in the 1st position and L in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT COAST ORATE STALE SNOUT MUSTY
Words starting with R Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUBEL 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,454 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUBEL ranks #3,454 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
13
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:
ELRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
241
223
160
149
115
113
77
66
66
45
39
33
33
28
27
26
26
25
24
23
20
20
20
20
19
19
18
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUBEL:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SAINT 6.05 bits
10.2% →
SAINT 5.56 bits
9.5% →
COAST 5.49 bits
6.8% →
COAST 5.07 bits
6.3% →
ORATE 4.65 bits
4.9% →
STALE 4.81 bits
4.8% →
SAINT 3.85 bits
3.3% →
SNOUT 4.76 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.43 bits
2.8% →
MUSTY 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1B3E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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