5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RUGGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈrʌɡi/

Adjective

Frusty, frowsy.

Adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling a rug.

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 RUGGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUGGY 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 413 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,508 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__G_ R in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STOAE SALET SLANT SMITE CRUET
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
413 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUGGY 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,508 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUGGY ranks #13,508 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
671
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
372
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
29%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

806
484
200
155
68
64
57
56
53
48
40
33
32
27
23
16
15
14
13
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10
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8
8
8
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUGGY:

34% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
21% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
SLATE 6.34 bits
20.5% →
STOAE 5.50 bits
8.5% →
SALET 4.92 bits
6.6% →
SLANT 5.31 bits
2.9% →
SMITE 4.54 bits
2.7% →
CRUET 4.65 bits
2.4% →
LATER 4.35 bits
2.4% →
TARRE 4.29 bits
2.2% →
ALOSE 5.07 bits
2.0% →
DIANE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1G2G2Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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