5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːkə(ɹ)/

Noun

Someone who pukes, a vomiter.

Noun

That which causes vomiting.

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 PUKER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUKER 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,146 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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 SAINT SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUKER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,146 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUKER ranks #7,146 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
328
221
159
106
99
95
77
64
56
43
39
37
37
37
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUKER:

20% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
TALON 5.91 bits
13.9% →
SLANE 5.48 bits
9.4% →
DROIT 5.23 bits
6.7% →
TIARE 4.79 bits
4.5% →
SAINT 3.62 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.55 bits
3.3% →
SALTY 4.16 bits
2.7% →
SLACK 4.87 bits
2.4% →
SLATY 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1K5E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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