5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUYAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of puya

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 PUYAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUYAS 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,697 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PU_AS P in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER CARLE STIRE DROLE STALE TRONE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUYAS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,697 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUYAS ranks #6,697 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
22%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
357
182
134
122
117
98
80
73
50
46
39
38
34
33
31
26
25
20
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUYAS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
TONER 6.09 bits
15.1% →
CARLE 5.42 bits
7.7% →
STIRE 5.48 bits
5.7% →
DROLE 4.99 bits
5.2% →
STALE 4.90 bits
5.0% →
TRONE 5.42 bits
4.2% →
TRICE 4.64 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.06 bits
3.1% →
BLITE 4.73 bits
2.1% →
SHUNT 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1Y4A1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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