5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUEDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A kind of salsa round dance.

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 RUEDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUEDA 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,577 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___A R in the 1st position and A in the 5th position R__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SLANT TOILE SLATE TOISE COAST
Words starting with R Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUEDA 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,577 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUEDA ranks #4,577 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
12
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
3 vowels
Common:
AERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
24%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

260
253
204
156
147
122
117
84
76
75
64
44
39
38
32
31
28
27
27
27
23
22
21
19
19
18
17
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUEDA:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
SLOTH 5.61 bits
10.7% →
SLANT 5.39 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.40 bits
6.6% →
SLATE 4.90 bits
6.2% →
TOISE 4.59 bits
5.2% →
COAST 4.62 bits
5.0% →
PRINT 4.87 bits
3.6% →
SHUNT 4.87 bits
3.2% →
SLATE 3.77 bits
3.2% →
SONLY 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1E1D2A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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