5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RURUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ruru

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 RURUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RURUS 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 65.3% of games, misses completely in 34.7%, and leaves about 419 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,287 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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__U_ R in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE IRATE STALE GLACE CLONE STOAE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.39 Entropy (bits)
419 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RURUS 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#14,287 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RURUS ranks #14,287 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
615
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
425
6 guesses
45

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
22%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

818
391
348
104
92
88
83
56
49
39
30
28
27
16
16
15
13
13
13
11
9
9
9
8
7
7
6
6
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RURUS:

35% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
17% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.7% →
ALONE 6.06 bits
16.6% →
IRATE 5.19 bits
14.8% →
STALE 5.67 bits
4.4% →
GLACE 4.08 bits
3.9% →
CLONE 4.74 bits
3.7% →
STOAE 4.89 bits
3.5% →
COATE 4.85 bits
2.4% →
LEANY 4.71 bits
2.1% →
SLANT 4.26 bits
1.7% →
CRUET 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1R1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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