5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUSES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ruse

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ruse

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 RUSES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUSES 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,326 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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

TALON LIANE TRAIN SLANT TRACE TOILE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUSES 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,326 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUSES ranks #11,326 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
31

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERSU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
294
233
158
146
122
114
99
83
81
58
41
36
34
34
29
26
24
21
21
19
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12
12
12
11
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUSES:

18% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
TALON 5.84 bits
12.5% →
LIANE 5.41 bits
9.9% →
TRAIN 5.12 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.14 bits
6.2% →
TRACE 4.75 bits
5.2% →
TOILE 3.47 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 4.88 bits
4.2% →
ALONE 4.15 bits
3.5% →
COUNT 4.65 bits
3.4% →
MEALY 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1S1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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