5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

PUTTY

PUTTY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 82.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌti/

Noun

A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.

Noun

Any of a range of similar substances.

Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

Verb

To fix or fill using putty.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 PUTTY performs as a guess

PUTTY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 62.0% of games, misses completely in 38.0%, and leaves about 414 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,629 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL ARISE DROLE SNORE RAISE GLACE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
414 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUTTY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,629 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUTTY ranks #11,629 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
TU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
32%
All gray
38%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
N U T T Y
P U T T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PUTTY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

897
267
201
145
104
80
69
57
57
54
43
34
33
22
19
18
17
17
16
15
14
10
10
10
9
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUTTY:

38% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.0% →
ARIEL 6.10 bits
11.3% →
ARISE 5.80 bits
8.5% →
DROLE 4.95 bits
6.1% →
SNORE 5.22 bits
4.4% →
RAISE 5.47 bits
3.4% →
GLACE 4.58 bits
2.9% →
SAINE 4.94 bits
2.4% →
CANER 4.66 bits
2.4% →
SNORE 4.36 bits
2.3% →
SOARE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1T1T1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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