5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RUSKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rusk

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 RUSKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUSKS 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 68.5% of games, misses completely in 31.5%, and leaves about 373 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,469 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__K_ R in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE IRATE STALE ATONE STOAE BLITE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.62 Entropy (bits)
373 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUSKS 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,469 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUSKS ranks #13,469 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
686
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
364
6 guesses
35

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
18%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

744
462
249
115
99
97
72
52
52
44
33
33
32
30
22
17
13
12
12
10
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUSKS:

32% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
20% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.5% →
TOILE 6.06 bits
19.6% →
IRATE 5.34 bits
10.6% →
STALE 5.69 bits
4.9% →
ATONE 4.92 bits
4.2% →
STOAE 5.01 bits
4.1% →
BLITE 4.37 bits
3.1% →
LAIDE 4.50 bits
2.2% →
ALONE 4.76 bits
2.2% →
CRUET 4.68 bits
1.9% →
STANE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1S1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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