5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUNED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Inscribed with runes.

Verb

simple past and past participle of rune

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 RUNED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUNED 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,703 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATY SLATE COAST TRACE SLANT SALTY
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUNED 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,703 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUNED ranks #1,703 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
258
203
136
116
102
68
67
67
65
54
49
48
43
39
38
38
28
23
23
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16
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUNED:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLATY
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SLATY 5.87 bits
10.9% →
SLATE 5.92 bits
8.6% →
COAST 5.59 bits
5.8% →
TRACE 4.86 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 5.33 bits
4.3% →
COAST 3.57 bits
2.9% →
SALTY 4.19 bits
2.8% →
ALONE 4.46 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.86 bits
2.8% →
BETEL 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1N1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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