5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PULKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An animal-drawn sleigh (sledge) of a particular sort.

Noun

Alternative form of phulka

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 PULKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PULKA 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 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,539 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TARSE SLIER TRONE CORSE STIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PULKA 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,539 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PULKA ranks #7,539 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
12
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:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
21%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

582
408
169
168
128
99
72
51
46
45
44
39
38
36
35
32
25
25
21
19
19
16
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PULKA:

25% chance
Suggested:
TONER
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
TONER 6.11 bits
17.3% →
TARSE 5.53 bits
7.2% →
SLIER 4.88 bits
7.1% →
TARSE 4.71 bits
5.4% →
TRONE 5.45 bits
4.2% →
CORSE 4.48 bits
3.1% →
STIRE 5.18 bits
2.2% →
CRONE 4.93 bits
2.0% →
SIDLE 4.27 bits
1.9% →
TARSE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1L1K5A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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