5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RUMMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌmɪ//ˈɹʌmi/

Noun

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

Adjective

Resembling or tasting of rum.

“a rummy flavour”

Noun

A rum-drinking alcoholic.

Adjective

Peculiar; odd.

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 RUMMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUMMY 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 66.3% of games, misses completely in 33.7%, and leaves about 408 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,327 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__M_ R in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE IRATE SALET STONE SAINE BLITE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
408 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUMMY 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,327 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUMMY ranks #13,327 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
677
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
359
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
28%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

794
490
196
154
79
77
61
61
57
41
36
29
24
24
18
18
15
14
13
13
13
10
9
8
7
7
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUMMY:

34% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
21% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.7% →
SLANE 6.33 bits
20.8% →
IRATE 5.39 bits
8.3% →
SALET 4.85 bits
6.5% →
STONE 5.25 bits
3.3% →
SAINE 5.21 bits
3.3% →
BLITE 4.71 bits
2.6% →
TRUCE 4.68 bits
2.6% →
LIANE 4.43 bits
2.4% →
TARRE 4.32 bits
1.7% →
MORAE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1M3M3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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