5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PIKUL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of picul.

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 PIKUL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PIKUL 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,230 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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

ROATE SALLE TRONE TORSE RONTE TARSE
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PIKUL 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,230 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PIKUL ranks #6,230 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
9
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:
ILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

680
223
220
188
125
84
81
73
57
53
51
48
34
34
27
26
25
25
23
21
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9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PIKUL:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALLE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
ROATE 6.14 bits
9.5% →
SALLE 5.41 bits
9.3% →
TRONE 5.59 bits
8.0% →
TORSE 5.33 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
3.6% →
TARSE 5.53 bits
3.4% →
CATER 4.55 bits
3.1% →
CRANE 5.18 bits
2.4% →
GLACE 4.37 bits
2.2% →
SAUCE 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1K5U1L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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