5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUNTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.

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 RUNTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUNTY 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,802 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALOSE SAICE SALET SOLDE TREAT CLOSE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUNTY 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,802 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUNTY ranks #2,802 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
953
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
21
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
1 vowels
Common:
NRTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
32%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
331
198
156
135
110
78
61
54
54
50
47
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUNTY:

17% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
14% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
ALOSE 6.18 bits
14.0% →
SAICE 5.55 bits
8.4% →
SALET 5.56 bits
6.6% →
ALOSE 5.47 bits
5.7% →
SOLDE 4.87 bits
4.7% →
TREAT 4.73 bits
3.3% →
CLOSE 5.03 bits
2.6% →
IRADE 4.53 bits
2.3% →
SALET 4.68 bits
2.3% →
CADIE 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1N1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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