5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PICUL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkəl/

Noun

A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg.

Alternative forms: pical, pikal, pikol, pikul

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 PICUL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PICUL 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,174 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

P___L P in the 1st position and L in the 5th position P__U_ P in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE TRINE TORSE CRATE RONTE
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PICUL 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,174 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PICUL ranks #2,174 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
24%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

590
206
198
168
150
107
74
70
49
47
45
42
42
41
39
36
26
26
24
22
22
17
17
17
16
15
14
13
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PICUL:

25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
TARSE 6.34 bits
8.7% →
SOARE 5.32 bits
8.4% →
TRINE 5.63 bits
7.1% →
TORSE 5.23 bits
6.4% →
CRATE 5.75 bits
4.5% →
RONTE 4.74 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
3.0% →
TONER 4.63 bits
2.1% →
SABLE 4.07 bits
2.0% →
SLANE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1C3U1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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