5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CUPPA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌp.ə/

Noun

A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink).

“I’ve just put the kettle on – fancy a cuppa?”

Noun

Whatever interests or suits one; one's cup of tea.

Alternative forms: cupper

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 CUPPA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUPPA 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 369 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,717 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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

TRONE TARSE STONE SOLER STIRE TRICE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
369 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUPPA 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,717 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUPPA ranks #12,717 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
363
6 guesses
20
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
22%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

712
534
143
109
96
90
75
73
72
60
41
40
28
22
22
20
20
19
19
17
13
12
11
10
10
7
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUPPA:

30% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
23% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
TRONE 6.01 bits
22.6% →
TARSE 5.46 bits
6.1% →
STONE 5.36 bits
4.6% →
SOLER 4.38 bits
4.1% →
STIRE 5.36 bits
3.8% →
TRICE 5.11 bits
3.2% →
LATER 4.36 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.86 bits
3.1% →
TRONE 4.53 bits
2.5% →
REAST 5.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1P3P3A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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