5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PULES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pule

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pule

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 PULES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PULES 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,947 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PU_ES P in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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TRAIN TIARE CORAL STAIR TONER BLATE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PULES 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,947 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PULES ranks #2,947 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
932
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
279
153
151
150
103
101
69
66
47
42
39
38
38
37
35
35
33
32
24
24
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23
21
20
19
17
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PULES:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
CORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
TRAIN 6.03 bits
11.8% →
TIARE 5.47 bits
6.5% →
CORAL 5.08 bits
6.4% →
STAIR 5.33 bits
6.4% →
TONER 4.39 bits
4.4% →
BLATE 4.58 bits
4.3% →
ROAST 4.88 bits
2.9% →
RAINY 4.08 bits
2.8% →
GRUNT 4.87 bits
2.0% →
ARENE 3.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1L1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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