5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUMLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌmli/

Adverb

In a rum manner; oddly, strangely.

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 RUMLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUMLY 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,340 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__L_ R in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE IRATE STOAE SATED STONE SAICE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUMLY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,340 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUMLY ranks #7,340 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
23
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:
LRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
422
271
143
105
79
62
61
55
52
51
51
50
36
35
26
26
21
20
18
14
14
13
13
12
12
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUMLY:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
18% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STOAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
SAINE 6.25 bits
17.9% →
IRATE 5.43 bits
11.5% →
STOAE 5.45 bits
6.1% →
SATED 4.84 bits
4.5% →
STONE 5.27 bits
3.4% →
SAICE 5.40 bits
2.6% →
STADE 4.66 bits
2.6% →
WAITE 4.34 bits
2.3% →
SIENT 4.64 bits
2.2% →
STONE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1M3L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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