5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PURLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɜːlz/[pʰəːɫz]/pɝlz/

Noun

plural of purl

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of purl

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 PURLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PURLS 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,817 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CANOE CADET STANE STOAE COATE DAINE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PURLS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,817 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PURLS ranks #2,817 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,096
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
21
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:
LRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
26%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
342
223
187
79
77
72
65
64
57
53
47
43
41
36
33
30
29
28
25
25
21
21
18
15
13
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PURLS:

17% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
15% chance
Suggested:
CADET
9% chance
Suggested:
CANOE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
CANOE 6.03 bits
14.5% →
CADET 5.41 bits
9.5% →
CANOE 5.39 bits
7.9% →
STANE 5.60 bits
3.4% →
STOAE 4.87 bits
3.3% →
COATE 4.83 bits
3.1% →
DAINE 4.80 bits
2.8% →
CONTE 4.33 bits
2.7% →
CONTE 4.86 bits
2.4% →
BLAER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1R1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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