5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUNGI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A wind instrument, traditionally made from a gourd, played by snake charmers in India and Pakistan.

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 PUNGI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUNGI 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 67.9% of games, misses completely in 32.1%, and leaves about 320 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,222 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___I P in the 1st position and I in the 5th position P__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__I U in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALET SOREL SLATE MORSE GLARE
Words starting with P Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
320 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUNGI 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
0.67 Volatility
#7,222 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUNGI ranks #7,222 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
17
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:
INU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
21%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

758
301
159
127
107
85
80
66
55
50
44
38
34
32
31
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27
23
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16
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUNGI:

32% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.1% →
TARSE 6.29 bits
12.8% →
SALET 5.35 bits
6.7% →
SOREL 5.26 bits
5.4% →
SLATE 5.36 bits
4.5% →
TARSE 5.48 bits
3.6% →
MORSE 4.44 bits
3.4% →
TARSE 4.79 bits
2.8% →
GLARE 5.02 bits
2.3% →
TARSE 5.03 bits
2.1% →
SOCLE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1N1G2I1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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