5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GULPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Inclined to gulp.

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 GULPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GULPY 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 338 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,192 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

G___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__P_ G in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE SOARE SARED SAICE STONE RAINE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
338 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GULPY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,192 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GULPY ranks #8,192 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
29%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

786
288
166
141
138
90
69
54
50
49
46
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GULPY:

33% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
ORATE 6.20 bits
12.2% →
SOARE 5.32 bits
7.0% →
SARED 5.05 bits
6.0% →
SAICE 5.55 bits
5.8% →
STONE 5.38 bits
3.8% →
RAINE 5.39 bits
2.9% →
REACT 4.74 bits
2.3% →
SAICE 4.61 bits
2.1% →
FLUTE 4.35 bits
2.1% →
PETAL 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1L1P3Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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