5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PUCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pʌks/

Noun

plural of puck

Noun

Plenty; an abundance (of something).

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 PUCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUCKS 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 62.7% of games, misses completely in 37.3%, and leaves about 401 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,433 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TRONE LATER RAINE THANE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
401 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUCKS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,433 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUCKS ranks #8,433 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
18%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

880
291
190
125
90
74
72
60
47
43
37
36
32
29
26
24
19
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUCKS:

37% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.3% →
ARIEL 6.13 bits
12.3% →
TIARE 5.74 bits
8.1% →
TIARE 5.50 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 5.36 bits
3.8% →
LATER 4.62 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 5.20 bits
3.1% →
RAINE 5.18 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.68 bits
2.0% →
THANE 4.31 bits
1.8% →
BLAER 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1C3K5S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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