5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUNGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of ponga.

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 PUNGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUNGA 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,973 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER TARSE SOREL SCOTE STIRE SHIER
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUNGA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,973 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUNGA ranks #5,973 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
20
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:
ANU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
22%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

559
474
140
105
95
92
87
54
54
51
48
46
41
34
32
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUNGA:

24% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
20% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
SOLER 5.93 bits
20.1% →
TARSE 5.54 bits
5.9% →
SOREL 5.18 bits
4.5% →
SCOTE 5.31 bits
4.0% →
STIRE 4.79 bits
3.9% →
SHIER 4.40 bits
3.7% →
STILE 5.27 bits
2.3% →
DROLE 4.92 bits
2.3% →
TARSE 4.83 bits
2.2% →
CRIME 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1N1G2A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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