5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PURRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Inclined to purr; purring.

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 PURRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PURRY 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 66.9% of games, misses completely in 33.1%, and leaves about 350 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,183 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__R_ P in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE WAITE SALET SLANT SPALE THANE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
350 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PURRY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,183 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PURRY ranks #10,183 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
35%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

781
339
187
152
94
85
84
77
51
51
38
29
29
24
22
20
20
19
18
17
16
11
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PURRY:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
14% chance
Suggested:
WAITE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.1% →
SLANE 6.26 bits
14.4% →
WAITE 5.07 bits
7.9% →
SALET 4.84 bits
6.4% →
SLANT 5.42 bits
4.0% →
SPALE 5.23 bits
3.6% →
THANE 5.00 bits
3.6% →
GLACE 4.55 bits
3.3% →
COATE 4.80 bits
2.2% →
CRUET 4.42 bits
2.2% →
LEANT 5.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1R1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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