5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUCHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹuːʃ/

Noun

A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.

Noun

A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.

Verb

To flute or pleat (fabric).

“ruched curtains”

Verb

To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up.

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 RUCHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUCHE 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,468 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position R__H_ R in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON LEANT TRAIN STAIR SLANT CLAIM
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUCHE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,468 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUCHE ranks #4,468 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
23
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
225
200
172
161
86
85
78
69
67
46
43
39
39
37
34
32
28
26
26
25
25
21
20
20
19
19
19
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUCHE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SALON
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SALON 6.05 bits
9.5% →
LEANT 5.27 bits
8.5% →
TRAIN 5.23 bits
7.3% →
STAIR 4.18 bits
6.8% →
SLANT 5.23 bits
3.6% →
CLAIM 4.96 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 5.25 bits
3.3% →
PEART 3.83 bits
2.9% →
SLOTH 4.99 bits
2.8% →
SADLY 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1C3H4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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