5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUTHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ruth

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 RUTHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUTHS 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 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,326 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__H_ R in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE DAINE LIANE LEANT CANOE TIARE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUTHS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,326 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUTHS ranks #3,326 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
18%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

492
344
170
131
106
83
78
66
64
64
53
49
42
35
35
35
35
32
27
24
23
19
19
18
17
16
16
15
15
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUTHS:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
15% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
7% chance
Suggested:
LIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
ALONE 6.22 bits
14.6% →
DAINE 5.40 bits
7.2% →
LIANE 5.46 bits
5.6% →
LEANT 5.42 bits
4.5% →
LIANE 4.86 bits
3.5% →
CANOE 5.24 bits
3.3% →
TIARE 4.90 bits
2.8% →
MAILE 4.15 bits
2.7% →
PLANE 4.67 bits
2.7% →
PORAE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1T1H4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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