Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

RYUGI

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

No dictionary definition for RYUGI is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 RYUGI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RYUGI 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,646 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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First-turn measures

All four describe RYUGI used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.22 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How RYUGI 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#9,646 Rank among openers
Opening with RYUGI solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,646 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
20
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
16%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

RYUGI can come back 71 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

529 answers
354 answers
278 answers
156 answers
131 answers
98 answers
79 answers
58 answers
56 answers
51 answers
48 answers
40 answers
40 answers
40 answers
39 answers
34 answers
32 answers
22 answers
19 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
12 answers
12 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1Y4U1G2I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing RYUGI

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to RYUGI.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RYUGI:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3%
SLATE 6.38 bits
14.9%
STOAE 5.43 bits
11.7%
SALET 5.43 bits
6.6%
SALET 5.10 bits
5.5%
TRIED 4.70 bits
4.1%
SLANT 4.78 bits
3.3%
SLATE 4.88 bits
2.4%
STILE 3.83 bits
2.4%
TARRE 4.66 bits
2.1%
SMOTE 4.44 bits

Research on RYUGI

Game-tree analysis and word research for RYUGI, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with RYUGI, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.79 guesses and ranks #10,434 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.94 guesses at best and is rank #4,987 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.75, at or below the proven-optimal 3.79, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it RYOOGEE. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.