5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUDOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːdɔː//ˈpjuːdər/

Noun

An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.

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 PUDOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUDOR 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 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,030 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TIARE SLANE ATONE SLANT ANILE
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUDOR 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,030 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUDOR ranks #2,030 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
992
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
247
208
99
94
88
86
86
75
58
51
49
42
34
34
31
29
27
24
23
23
20
18
16
16
16
15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUDOR:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
SLATE 6.38 bits
10.5% →
TIARE 5.54 bits
8.8% →
SLANE 5.19 bits
4.2% →
ATONE 4.49 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 5.34 bits
3.7% →
ANILE 5.32 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.30 bits
3.6% →
SMILE 4.57 bits
3.2% →
SPALE 5.25 bits
2.5% →
DIANE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1D2O1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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