5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUSHY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Abounding in rushes.

Adjective

Having the characteristics of a rush (the plant); rushlike.

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 RUSHY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUSHY 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,790 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__H_ R in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE IRATE TOILE COATE ATONE STOAE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUSHY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#8,790 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUSHY ranks #8,790 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
32
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
27%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

494
380
208
154
113
96
90
63
58
51
51
50
49
48
33
31
29
22
21
20
17
16
16
14
14
14
13
13
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUSHY:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
16% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
ALONE 6.24 bits
16.1% →
IRATE 5.19 bits
8.8% →
TOILE 5.51 bits
6.5% →
ALONE 4.64 bits
4.8% →
COATE 5.55 bits
4.1% →
ATONE 4.89 bits
3.8% →
STOAE 5.08 bits
2.7% →
SLATE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
BLITE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
COATE 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1S1H4Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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