5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

RURAL

Yes, RURAL was the Wordle answer on April 29, 2026 (Wordle #1775).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʊəɹəl//ˈɹɔːɹəl//ˈɹɵːɹəl/

Adjective

Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

Noun

A person from the countryside; a rustic.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 29, 2026 (#1775).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How RURAL performs as a guess

RURAL 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,123 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___L R in the 1st position and L in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT CASTE TOISE BIOSE TRACE SPALE
Words starting with R Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RURAL 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,123 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RURAL ranks #10,123 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
26
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:
ALRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
R U R A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RURAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
283
241
178
154
141
96
90
63
47
45
41
35
35
32
29
26
26
25
23
22
22
21
17
13
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RURAL:

18% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
12% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SIENT 6.14 bits
12.0% →
CASTE 5.23 bits
10.2% →
TOISE 5.12 bits
7.5% →
BIOSE 5.04 bits
6.5% →
TRACE 4.59 bits
6.0% →
SPALE 4.67 bits
4.1% →
STONE 5.20 bits
3.8% →
STIME 4.20 bits
2.7% →
SHOTE 4.68 bits
2.0% →
STONE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1R1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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