5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POUPE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 POUPE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POUPE 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,952 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__P_ P in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER ARSON CLARY SNARY SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POUPE 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,952 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POUPE ranks #11,952 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
743
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
326
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
3 vowels
Common:
EOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
38%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

469
408
211
203
143
130
73
56
50
46
44
42
40
39
38
36
30
26
22
20
18
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11
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POUPE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
17% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
SLART 5.80 bits
17.3% →
ALTER 5.31 bits
8.9% →
SLART 5.19 bits
8.6% →
ARSON 5.34 bits
6.1% →
CLARY 4.50 bits
5.5% →
SNARY 4.60 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.87 bits
2.4% →
SLART 3.89 bits
2.1% →
MOWER 3.03 bits
2.0% →
STRIP 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1U1P3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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