5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUGAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

folded

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 RUGAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUGAL 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,734 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___L R in the 1st position and L in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT TOISE CASTE TRACE BIOSE SPALE
Words starting with R Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUGAL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,734 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUGAL ranks #4,734 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
14
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:
ALRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
24%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
284
248
165
153
127
83
68
52
48
44
38
34
34
32
31
30
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25
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21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUGAL:

15% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
CASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SIENT 6.11 bits
12.0% →
TOISE 5.48 bits
10.5% →
CASTE 5.33 bits
7.0% →
TRACE 4.72 bits
6.5% →
BIOSE 5.01 bits
5.4% →
SPALE 4.76 bits
3.5% →
STONE 5.19 bits
2.9% →
STIME 4.16 bits
2.2% →
STONE 4.53 bits
2.0% →
SHONE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1G2A1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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