5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PUCER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of puce: more puce

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 PUCER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUCER 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,486 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SLANE DROIT TIARE CHAIN SAINT
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUCER 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,486 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUCER ranks #2,486 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
293
199
138
115
101
90
89
66
57
52
47
38
35
34
33
32
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28
24
20
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUCER:

17% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
TALON 5.96 bits
12.4% →
SLANE 5.52 bits
8.4% →
DROIT 5.31 bits
5.8% →
TIARE 4.75 bits
4.9% →
CHAIN 5.28 bits
4.3% →
SAINT 3.72 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.62 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
2.8% →
SADLY 4.10 bits
2.4% →
LEASE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1C3E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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