5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUDES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 RUDES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUDES 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,672 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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 CAROL SLANT COATE POTAE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUDES 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,672 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUDES ranks #3,672 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
10
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:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

351
226
186
178
119
118
99
81
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUDES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
TALON 5.90 bits
9.6% →
LIANE 5.37 bits
7.9% →
CAROL 5.16 bits
7.5% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
5.0% →
SLANT 4.93 bits
5.0% →
COATE 4.72 bits
4.2% →
POTAE 3.43 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.31 bits
2.8% →
SONLY 3.43 bits
2.7% →
CLOUT 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1D2E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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