5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PUCKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative form of pukka.

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 PUCKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUCKA 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 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,350 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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 _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

RONTE TALER STONE CRINE CARTE SOLER
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUCKA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,350 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUCKA ranks #9,350 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
20%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

665
487
134
122
106
99
82
50
48
40
38
38
36
31
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUCKA:

28% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
21% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
RONTE 6.03 bits
20.6% →
TALER 5.46 bits
5.7% →
STONE 5.37 bits
5.2% →
CRINE 5.30 bits
4.5% →
CARTE 4.97 bits
4.2% →
SOLER 4.44 bits
3.5% →
STILE 5.27 bits
2.1% →
NOIRE 4.94 bits
2.0% →
TARSE 4.81 bits
1.7% →
FAULT 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1C3K5A1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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