5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CULPA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʊlpə//ˈkʌlpə/

Noun

Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.

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 CULPA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CULPA 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,915 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.

C___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__P_ C in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TARSE SIDER STANE TRONE SIREN
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CULPA 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,915 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CULPA ranks #2,915 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
959
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

516
349
155
151
107
92
84
72
57
53
50
48
41
35
34
30
28
24
24
24
19
19
19
18
16
16
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CULPA:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SIDER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
TONER 6.14 bits
14.8% →
TARSE 5.58 bits
6.6% →
SIDER 4.96 bits
6.4% →
STANE 4.75 bits
4.5% →
TRONE 5.36 bits
3.9% →
SIREN 5.37 bits
3.6% →
GORSE 4.57 bits
3.1% →
TRICE 5.18 bits
2.4% →
TIARE 4.53 bits
2.2% →
ORATE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1L1P3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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