5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PURES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pure

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pure

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 PURES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PURES 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,879 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PU_ES P in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LIANE DRAIN SHALT TRADE TOILE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PURES 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,879 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PURES ranks #2,879 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
940
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
208
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:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
32%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

364
257
180
151
117
113
99
86
69
66
49
43
38
33
33
32
31
29
28
23
23
21
21
19
19
18
18
16
16
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PURES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TALON
11% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
8% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
TALON 5.85 bits
10.9% →
LIANE 5.44 bits
7.6% →
DRAIN 5.34 bits
6.4% →
SHALT 5.29 bits
5.0% →
TRADE 4.79 bits
4.8% →
TOILE 3.39 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.97 bits
3.6% →
LEANT 4.25 bits
2.9% →
COUNT 4.60 bits
2.8% →
COALY 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1R1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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