5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUNTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pʌnts/

Noun

plural of punt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of punt

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 PUNTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUNTS 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,148 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TREAT ARIEL SHALE ARISE CADIE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUNTS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,148 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUNTS ranks #2,148 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
NSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

612
203
187
172
99
79
75
66
66
61
55
53
49
46
35
32
29
23
23
22
22
21
18
18
14
14
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12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUNTS:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
8.6% →
TREAT 5.54 bits
7.9% →
ARIEL 5.60 bits
7.3% →
SHALE 5.57 bits
4.2% →
ARISE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
CADIE 4.81 bits
3.2% →
MARLE 4.36 bits
2.8% →
FAIRE 4.68 bits
2.8% →
GLACE 5.13 bits
2.6% →
RAILE 5.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1N1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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