5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TUPIK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtuːpɪk/

Noun

A tent or other building made from animal skins, used by the Inuit during the summer.

Alternative forms: topek, tupek, tupiq

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 TUPIK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUPIK 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 277 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,719 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___K T in the 1st position and K in the 5th position T__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__K U in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE ANILE SERAL SNORE PARSE MARLE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
277 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUPIK 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,719 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUPIK ranks #7,719 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
864
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
18
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ITU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
26%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

686
243
231
122
115
87
84
78
67
59
50
43
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34
28
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27
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUPIK:

29% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SERAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
CARLE 6.11 bits
10.3% →
ANILE 5.25 bits
9.8% →
SERAL 5.70 bits
5.2% →
SNORE 5.15 bits
4.9% →
PARSE 5.57 bits
3.7% →
MARLE 4.43 bits
3.6% →
SHIRT 4.53 bits
3.3% →
CARNE 4.94 bits
2.8% →
SOARE 5.00 bits
2.5% →
SNORE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1P3I1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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