5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUMAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of puma

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 PUMAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUMAS 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,948 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 TRINE STALE TRONE TRICE MOIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUMAS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,948 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUMAS ranks #5,948 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
13
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
23%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

571
368
189
130
106
98
89
64
62
50
50
49
40
32
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27
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUMAS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TONER
16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
TONER 5.98 bits
15.6% →
TRINE 5.43 bits
8.0% →
TRINE 5.55 bits
5.5% →
STALE 4.98 bits
4.5% →
TRONE 5.36 bits
4.2% →
TRICE 4.67 bits
3.8% →
TRICE 4.61 bits
2.7% →
MOIRE 5.15 bits
2.6% →
MOIRE 4.64 bits
2.1% →
SPIEL 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1M3A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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