5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AMPUL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of ampoule.

Noun

Alternative spelling of ampulla.

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 AMPUL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMPUL 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,302 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

A___L A in the 1st position and L in the 5th position A__U_ A in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _M__L M in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRACE TOILE RONTE STALE PRONE
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMPUL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,302 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMPUL ranks #5,302 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
18%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

555
346
169
169
125
102
71
67
64
60
57
52
49
40
36
28
25
24
20
18
16
15
14
13
12
12
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMPUL:

24% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
TONER 6.12 bits
14.7% →
TRACE 5.73 bits
7.2% →
TOILE 4.98 bits
7.2% →
RONTE 5.27 bits
5.3% →
STALE 4.78 bits
4.3% →
PRONE 5.46 bits
3.0% →
MERIT 5.07 bits
2.8% →
TRONE 5.06 bits
2.7% →
CARNE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
SLICE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3P3U1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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