5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUNAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of puna

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 PUNAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUNAS 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,687 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

TRODE CARLE STIRE GOIER THALE CLEAR
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUNAS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,687 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUNAS ranks #2,687 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
14
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:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
329
160
135
116
88
86
84
78
54
47
46
41
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37
33
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUNAS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
14% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
TRODE 5.99 bits
14.0% →
CARLE 5.47 bits
6.8% →
STIRE 5.46 bits
5.7% →
GOIER 5.14 bits
4.9% →
THALE 5.08 bits
3.7% →
CLEAR 4.70 bits
3.6% →
DROLE 4.38 bits
3.6% →
TRINE 4.75 bits
3.3% →
CLOTE 5.35 bits
2.3% →
CROME 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1N1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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