5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RUNES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rune

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative 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 RUNES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUNES 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 87.9% of games, misses completely in 12.1%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,887 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RU_ES R in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY DEALT CAROL SHALT TRACE PLATE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUNES 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,887 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUNES ranks #1,887 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

285
211
181
149
128
106
106
86
62
62
62
54
53
49
48
40
32
31
29
28
27
25
23
23
22
21
20
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUNES:

12% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.1% →
COALY 5.61 bits
8.9% →
DEALT 5.66 bits
7.7% →
CAROL 5.19 bits
6.3% →
SHALT 5.30 bits
5.4% →
TRACE 4.80 bits
4.5% →
PLATE 5.11 bits
4.5% →
TOILE 3.50 bits
3.6% →
ALONG 5.09 bits
2.6% →
BETEL 4.21 bits
2.6% →
ANILE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1N1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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