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

RUSTY

Yes, RUSTY was the Wordle answer on June 26, 2022 (Wordle #372).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌsti/

Adjective

Marked or corroded by rust.

Adjective

Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.

Noun

A gun or in particular an old or worn one.

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: June 26, 2022 (#372).

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

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How RUSTY performs as a guess

RUSTY 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,003 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__T_ R in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALINE CANOE PLANE LEANT ALONE TREAT
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUSTY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,003 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUSTY ranks #4,003 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
20
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:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
R U S T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RUSTY in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

426
317
170
164
132
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90
82
72
48
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33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUSTY:

18% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
13% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
7% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
ALINE 6.28 bits
13.4% →
CANOE 5.39 bits
7.2% →
PLANE 5.47 bits
7.0% →
LEANT 5.26 bits
5.6% →
ALONE 4.74 bits
4.0% →
TREAT 4.67 bits
3.8% →
STALE 4.79 bits
3.5% →
PHASE 4.86 bits
3.1% →
CLONE 4.82 bits
2.0% →
ANILE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1S1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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