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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

PUSSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʊsi//ˈpɵsɪj//ˈpʉse/

Noun

The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.

Noun

Sexual intercourse with a female; usually in the phrase get some pussy.

“I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight.”

Verb

Used in a phrasal verb: pussy out.

Adjective

Containing or exuding pus.

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.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

First-turn measures

All four describe PUSSY used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.61 Entropy (bits)
462 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How PUSSY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.75 Spread of game lengths
#12,956 Rank among openers
Opening with PUSSY left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.75 means those games clustered within about 0.75 of a guess of the 3.84 average. It ranks #12,956 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
711
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
367
6 guesses
30
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
33%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

PUSSY can come back 73 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

973 answers
208 answers
207 answers
154 answers
93 answers
79 answers
74 answers
73 answers
64 answers
51 answers
35 answers
35 answers
30 answers
28 answers
25 answers
18 answers
16 answers
15 answers
14 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
5 answers
5 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1S1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TALER TRONE LATER ROATE

Strategy after playing PUSSY

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to PUSSY.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUSSY:

41% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.0% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
8.8% →
TIARE 5.31 bits
8.7% →
TALER 4.85 bits
6.5% →
TRONE 5.43 bits
3.9% →
LATER 4.73 bits
3.3% →
ROATE 5.13 bits
3.1% →
CLINE 5.14 bits
3.1% →
TIARE 5.38 bits
2.7% →
TIARE 4.48 bits
2.1% →
STUNK 4.15 bits