5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PUPPA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

papa; father

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 PUPPA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUPPA 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 62.9% of games, misses completely in 37.1%, and leaves about 551 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,722 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.02 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__P_ P in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TARSE STONE CLOSE NOIRE SPITE
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

2.89 Entropy (bits)
551 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUPPA 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.

4.02 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#14,722 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUPPA ranks #14,722 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
517
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
543
6 guesses
41
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
20%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

875
681
184
141
60
57
48
45
44
32
23
22
22
21
13
13
13
11
6
5
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUPPA:

37% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.1% →
TRONE 5.95 bits
28.9% →
TARSE 5.39 bits
7.8% →
STONE 5.32 bits
6.0% →
CLOSE 4.16 bits
2.5% →
NOIRE 4.98 bits
2.4% →
SPITE 4.52 bits
2.0% →
MOIRE 4.60 bits
1.9% →
SAULT 4.38 bits
1.9% →
REAST 4.46 bits
1.4% →
CRATE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1P3P3A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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