5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUBES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹuːbz/

Noun

plural of rube

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 RUBES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUBES 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,295 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RU_ES R in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LIANE TRAIN SLANT TRACE TOILE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUBES 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,295 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUBES ranks #5,295 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
249
203
182
125
124
112
84
73
65
58
40
40
36
34
30
28
26
25
25
24
21
21
21
18
17
17
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUBES:

16% chance
Suggested:
TALON
11% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
TALON 5.81 bits
10.6% →
LIANE 5.44 bits
8.6% →
TRAIN 5.12 bits
7.7% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.94 bits
5.3% →
TRACE 4.86 bits
4.7% →
TOILE 3.55 bits
3.6% →
ALONE 4.13 bits
3.1% →
COUNT 4.65 bits
2.8% →
MEALY 3.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1B3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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