5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUNTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌntəʊ//ˈpʊntəʊ/

Noun

A hit or point.

Noun

A traditional small Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm.

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 PUNTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUNTO 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,002 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CARLE HEART ARIEL SADLY RAISE
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUNTO 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,002 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUNTO ranks #3,002 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
16
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:
NOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
243
222
144
92
91
90
77
75
68
62
47
46
31
31
30
26
25
24
21
21
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10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUNTO:

23% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
10.3% →
CARLE 5.28 bits
9.4% →
HEART 5.63 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.34 bits
3.9% →
SADLY 4.39 bits
3.9% →
ARIEL 4.50 bits
3.8% →
RAISE 5.42 bits
3.3% →
SOREL 4.63 bits
3.2% →
SABLE 5.19 bits
2.9% →
SHIRE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1N1T1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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