5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUBOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

redness, one of the main signs of inflammation

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 RUBOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUBOR 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 313 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,287 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__O_ R in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TRACE TOILE STANE SCONE SLIME
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
313 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUBOR 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
0.72 Volatility
#10,287 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUBOR ranks #10,287 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
774
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
25%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

731
270
253
119
110
107
93
71
64
48
47
40
31
31
28
19
18
17
15
14
11
11
11
10
10
10
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUBOR:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
SLATE 6.30 bits
11.4% →
TRACE 5.65 bits
10.7% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
5.0% →
STANE 5.15 bits
4.7% →
SCONE 4.42 bits
4.5% →
SLIME 4.47 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 4.26 bits
3.0% →
SLANE 4.97 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.52 bits
2.0% →
SHUTE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1B3O1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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