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GUPPY

Yes, GUPPY was the Wordle answer on May 4, 2023 (Wordle #684).

As an opener, it rules out about 74.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌpi/

Noun

A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males. The guppies can vary in size, but males are 4 cm (1.6”) and females are 7 cm (2.8”).

“Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.”

Noun

Any tiny fish.

“Throw that one back; it’s just a guppy!”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 4, 2023 (#684).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GUPPY performs as a guess

GUPPY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 52.2% of games, misses completely in 47.8%, and leaves about 601 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,081 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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

TIARE TALER STONE SAICE ALONE REACT
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.12 Entropy (bits)
601 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
74.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUPPY 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,081 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUPPY ranks #14,081 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
600
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
403
6 guesses
30
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
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
52%
Green tile
28%
All gray
48%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L I N G
B U G G Y
G U P P Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GUPPY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1127
226
190
164
118
88
65
43
35
32
27
27
24
21
15
15
13
12
11
7
7
6
6
5
4
4
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUPPY:

48% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

47.8% →
TIARE 6.20 bits
9.6% →
TALER 4.85 bits
8.1% →
STONE 5.28 bits
7.0% →
SAICE 5.46 bits
5.0% →
ALONE 5.22 bits
3.7% →
REACT 4.81 bits
2.8% →
RAINE 5.10 bits
1.8% →
SLART 3.26 bits
1.5% →
LAYER 4.79 bits
1.4% →
SLURP 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1P3P3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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