5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUTIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpuː.tɪn//ˈpu.tɪn/

Proper noun

A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́тин (Pútin).

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 PUTIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUTIN 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 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,099 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SERAL RAILE CLOSE SPAER SHIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUTIN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,099 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUTIN ranks #3,099 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

579
212
176
136
98
85
82
81
80
64
56
52
51
43
36
32
28
26
24
21
21
20
20
18
17
15
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUTIN:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
7% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
CARLE 6.19 bits
9.0% →
SERAL 5.76 bits
7.5% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
5.8% →
CARLE 5.27 bits
4.2% →
CLOSE 5.21 bits
3.6% →
SPAER 5.39 bits
3.5% →
SHIRE 4.82 bits
3.4% →
MARLE 4.46 bits
3.4% →
GRISE 4.31 bits
2.7% →
SAWER 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1T1I1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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