5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUTTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌti/

Adjective

Imprinted with ruts.

“a rutty country road”

Adjective

Related to a rut; being in a state of sexual arousal.

Noun

A unit of weight used for metals, precious stones and medicines, equivalent to 1+¹⁄₂ grains.

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 RUTTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUTTY 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 279 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,963 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__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

SLANE SAICE LEAST SOLDE ARISE GLACE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
279 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUTTY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,963 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUTTY ranks #10,963 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
31%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

612
406
203
176
115
97
63
52
51
49
48
44
41
38
24
24
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUTTY:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
17% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SLANE 6.29 bits
17.2% →
SAICE 5.47 bits
8.6% →
LEAST 5.52 bits
7.5% →
SOLDE 4.86 bits
4.9% →
SLANE 5.06 bits
4.1% →
ARISE 4.96 bits
2.7% →
GLACE 4.55 bits
2.2% →
LIANE 4.46 bits
2.2% →
CRARE 4.15 bits
2.1% →
SOUCE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1T1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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