5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PULAO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of pilaf.

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 PULAO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PULAO 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,114 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TARSE TRONE SNARE SLIER SHIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PULAO 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,114 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PULAO ranks #5,114 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
933
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
ALOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
25%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
345
264
124
117
90
89
71
70
54
49
48
38
36
32
31
31
28
27
24
22
21
21
20
19
18
17
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PULAO:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
TRINE 5.87 bits
14.6% →
TARSE 5.55 bits
11.2% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
5.3% →
SNARE 4.62 bits
5.0% →
SLIER 4.73 bits
3.8% →
TRINE 5.30 bits
3.8% →
SHIRE 4.38 bits
3.0% →
ARSON 4.48 bits
3.0% →
COOER 4.07 bits
2.3% →
TREAD 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1L1A1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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