5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

RUMOR

RUMOR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːmə//ˈɹʉwmə//ˈɹumɚ/

Noun

A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

“There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.”

Noun

Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

“They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.”

Verb

To tell a rumor about; to gossip.

“John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.”

Alternative forms: rumour

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

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 RUMOR performs as a guess

RUMOR 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 69.9% of games, misses completely in 30.1%, and leaves about 299 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,511 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__O_ R in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TRACE SLANE STANE TRONE STILE
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
299 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUMOR 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,511 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUMOR ranks #9,511 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
13
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
25%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
R H I N O
R U M O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RUMOR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

709
274
238
115
115
102
93
90
66
47
47
43
34
29
29
20
16
16
15
15
14
13
11
11
11
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUMOR:

30% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.1% →
SLATE 6.34 bits
11.6% →
TRACE 5.60 bits
10.1% →
SLANE 5.22 bits
4.9% →
STANE 5.18 bits
4.9% →
TRONE 4.42 bits
4.3% →
STILE 4.72 bits
3.9% →
LIANE 5.27 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 4.21 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.65 bits
2.0% →
SONCE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1M3O1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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