5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUMEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹu.mən/

Noun

The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.

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 RUMEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUMEN 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,588 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___N R in the 1st position and N in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATY SLATE COAST ORATE SOLAR SEINE
Words starting with R Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUMEN 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,588 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUMEN ranks #4,588 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
211
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:
ENRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
279
207
147
135
113
80
68
65
62
62
48
39
37
35
34
33
31
26
25
25
22
21
20
18
18
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUMEN:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLATY
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
SLATY 5.84 bits
11.8% →
SLATE 5.82 bits
8.8% →
COAST 5.53 bits
6.2% →
ORATE 4.65 bits
5.7% →
COAST 5.14 bits
4.8% →
SOLAR 3.56 bits
3.4% →
SEINE 4.66 bits
2.9% →
LEAST 4.32 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.87 bits
2.6% →
SOILY 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1M3E1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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