5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PURGA

PURGA 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

Noun

A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.

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 PURGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PURGA 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,598 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE TRADE STONE SMITE
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PURGA 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,598 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PURGA ranks #4,598 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
10
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:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
375
243
191
98
77
73
60
57
48
41
35
34
33
32
31
29
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26
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PURGA:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
15.9% →
SLATE 5.62 bits
10.3% →
TOISE 5.18 bits
8.1% →
TRADE 4.61 bits
4.2% →
STONE 5.20 bits
3.3% →
SMITE 4.36 bits
3.1% →
SPIEL 5.09 bits
2.5% →
TONEY 4.60 bits
2.4% →
TOILE 4.88 bits
2.0% →
CRUET 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1R1G2A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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