5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PULAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of palas.

Noun

plural of pula.

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 PULAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PULAS 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,698 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PU_AS P in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER CARNE NOIRE RAINE REAST RONTE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PULAS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,698 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PULAS ranks #2,698 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
15
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:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

461
319
170
150
103
101
86
79
51
50
47
43
42
41
37
35
34
33
27
25
23
21
19
18
18
16
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PULAS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TONER
14% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
7% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
TONER 6.11 bits
13.5% →
CARNE 5.50 bits
7.2% →
TONER 5.58 bits
6.4% →
NOIRE 4.98 bits
4.4% →
RAINE 4.54 bits
4.3% →
REAST 4.89 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 5.40 bits
3.4% →
CRONE 4.25 bits
2.2% →
TRODE 4.56 bits
2.1% →
CONTE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1L1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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