5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUSES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PUSES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUSES 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 271 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,410 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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

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TALON LEARE SOLAR SLART COUNT CLARY
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
271 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUSES 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,410 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUSES ranks #12,410 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
704
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
334
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

593
406
207
171
117
100
95
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48
46
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41
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUSES:

25% chance
Suggested:
TALON
17% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
TALON 5.85 bits
17.2% →
LEARE 5.47 bits
8.8% →
SOLAR 4.04 bits
7.2% →
SLART 5.13 bits
5.0% →
SLART 4.91 bits
4.2% →
COUNT 4.80 bits
4.0% →
CLARY 4.33 bits
2.1% →
RAINY 4.78 bits
2.0% →
REATE 4.27 bits
1.9% →
STUNK 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1S1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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