5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUNIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːnɪk/

Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.

Adjective

Of a song or verse, mystically or obscurely expressed.

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 RUNIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUNIC 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,782 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___C R in the 1st position and C in the 5th position R__I_ R in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__C U in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SATED SALET THALE STILE CRATE
Words starting with R Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUNIC 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,782 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUNIC ranks #1,782 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
1,006
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
INRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
23%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
315
165
126
121
91
85
79
74
73
54
49
44
40
39
38
34
30
29
21
21
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16
15
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14
14
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUNIC:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
SATED
7% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
SLATE 6.50 bits
13.4% →
SATED 5.42 bits
7.0% →
SALET 5.30 bits
5.3% →
THALE 5.48 bits
5.1% →
SALET 5.26 bits
3.9% →
STILE 4.51 bits
3.6% →
SLATE 5.23 bits
3.4% →
CRATE 4.87 bits
3.1% →
STAGE 4.49 bits
3.1% →
SADLY 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1N1I1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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