5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TIPUP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% 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 TIPUP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TIPUP 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 67.0% of games, misses completely in 33.0%, and leaves about 343 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,644 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.

T___P T in the 1st position and P in the 5th position T__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__P I in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SERAL CRANE NURSE SOLED PARSE
Words starting with T Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
343 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TIPUP 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
0.71 Volatility
#11,644 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TIPUP ranks #11,644 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
729
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
ITU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
22%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

779
242
233
192
120
103
74
73
70
44
42
34
32
29
28
26
24
18
18
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17
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11
8
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6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TIPUP:

33% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
10% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.0% →
CARLE 6.14 bits
10.3% →
SERAL 5.70 bits
9.9% →
CRANE 5.52 bits
8.1% →
NURSE 4.78 bits
5.1% →
SOLED 4.61 bits
4.4% →
PARSE 5.59 bits
3.1% →
RANSE 4.91 bits
3.1% →
REAST 4.69 bits
3.0% →
SHONE 4.41 bits
1.9% →
GORSE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1P3U1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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