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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

RUMBA

Yes, RUMBA was the Wordle answer on February 13, 2025 (Wordle #1335).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʊmbə//ˈɹʌmbə/

Noun

A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.

Verb

To dance the rumba.

Alternative forms: rhumba

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 13, 2025 (#1335).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How RUMBA performs as a guess

RUMBA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,410 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__B_ R in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE TRACE STONE SIENT
Words starting with R Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUMBA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,410 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUMBA ranks #6,410 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
10
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:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
17%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
R A S P Y
R U M B A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RUMBA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

495
374
292
195
109
80
57
57
56
53
50
37
35
33
30
28
28
26
23
23
20
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11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUMBA:

21% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
TOILE 6.06 bits
15.9% →
SLATE 5.67 bits
12.4% →
TOISE 5.43 bits
8.3% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
4.6% →
STONE 5.17 bits
3.4% →
SIENT 4.51 bits
2.4% →
CLINE 4.74 bits
2.4% →
TOILE 5.32 bits
2.4% →
SLICE 4.61 bits
2.2% →
BLITE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1M3B3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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