5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RUFFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, And Theshire of Strathbogie, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

Proper noun

A surname.

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 RUFFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUFFY 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 63.9% of games, misses completely in 36.1%, and leaves about 448 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,098 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__F_ R in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE STOAE SALET STONE GLACE CRUET
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.32 Entropy (bits)
448 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUFFY 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,098 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUFFY ranks #14,098 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
606
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
401
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
26%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

851
486
204
156
89
67
62
56
52
51
42
31
29
15
15
15
13
11
8
8
8
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUFFY:

36% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
21% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.1% →
SLANE 6.27 bits
20.6% →
STOAE 5.50 bits
8.6% →
SALET 4.90 bits
6.6% →
STONE 5.22 bits
3.8% →
GLACE 4.53 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 4.71 bits
2.6% →
LIANE 4.47 bits
2.4% →
TARRE 4.24 bits
2.2% →
ALINE 4.93 bits
2.2% →
IRATE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1F4F4Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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