5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PUGGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌɡi/

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.

“a puggy nose”

Adjective

sticky, claylike

Noun

Alternative form of pagi (“Indian tracker”).

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 PUGGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUGGY 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 52.2% of games, misses completely in 47.8%, and leaves about 597 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,021 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TALER STONE TARSE ALONE REACT
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.15 Entropy (bits)
597 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUGGY 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,021 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUGGY ranks #14,021 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
631
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
399
6 guesses
29
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
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
52%
Green tile
30%
All gray
48%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1127
226
190
133
92
88
86
44
44
43
35
25
23
22
18
16
14
14
9
8
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUGGY:

48% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

47.8% →
TIARE 6.20 bits
9.6% →
TALER 4.85 bits
8.1% →
STONE 5.28 bits
5.6% →
TARSE 5.44 bits
3.9% →
ALONE 5.28 bits
3.7% →
REACT 4.81 bits
3.6% →
RAINE 5.19 bits
1.9% →
DAINE 4.48 bits
1.9% →
TONER 4.35 bits
1.8% →
SLART 3.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1G2G2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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