5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

POOKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpuːkə/

Noun

A fairy that supposedly appears in animal form, often large.

“The pooka had befriended the kindly old man.”

Noun

A convenient storage location or hiding spot created by the arrangement or form of surrounding objects

Alternative forms: phooka, phouka

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 POOKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POOKA 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 350 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,506 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.

P___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TARSE CRUET SLIER TENOR MANOR
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
350 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POOKA 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
#12,506 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POOKA ranks #12,506 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
693
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
329
6 guesses
25
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
3 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
550
174
105
93
91
64
60
56
51
50
43
41
32
26
24
18
18
16
15
14
14
13
11
11
7
7
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POOKA:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
23% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
TRINE 5.99 bits
23.3% →
TARSE 5.48 bits
7.4% →
CRUET 4.69 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 4.86 bits
3.9% →
SLIER 5.42 bits
3.9% →
TENOR 5.17 bits
2.7% →
MANOR 4.56 bits
2.5% →
CRISE 4.77 bits
2.4% →
TARSE 4.86 bits
2.2% →
TUILE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1O1K5A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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