5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUKHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rukh

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 RUKHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUKHS 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 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 274 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,748 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__H_ R in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE ARIEL TOILE COATE ATONE STOAE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
274 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUKHS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,748 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUKHS ranks #9,748 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
823
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
25
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
1 vowels
Common:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
15%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

602
402
241
123
96
87
81
62
60
59
57
49
41
36
34
27
20
19
19
19
14
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUKHS:

26% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
17% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
ALONE 6.14 bits
17.0% →
ARIEL 5.18 bits
10.2% →
TOILE 5.66 bits
5.2% →
COATE 5.47 bits
4.1% →
ATONE 4.94 bits
3.7% →
STOAE 5.17 bits
3.4% →
BLITE 4.50 bits
2.6% →
LAIDE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
COATE 5.04 bits
2.5% →
SLATE 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1K5H4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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