5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ULNAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ulna

Alternative forms: ulnae

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 ULNAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ULNAS 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,350 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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.

U___S U in the 1st position and S in the 5th position U__A_ U in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE CARTE PORTE LIBEL TRIDE PEART
Words starting with U Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ULNAS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,350 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ULNAS ranks #2,350 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
14
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:
ALNSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
23%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

375
263
165
136
134
114
103
82
71
61
56
46
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ULNAS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
7% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
TRODE 6.09 bits
11.2% →
CARTE 5.56 bits
7.0% →
PORTE 5.60 bits
5.8% →
PORTE 5.29 bits
5.7% →
LIBEL 5.00 bits
4.8% →
TRIDE 5.34 bits
4.4% →
PEART 4.97 bits
3.5% →
RAILE 4.49 bits
3.0% →
TRINE 4.79 bits
2.6% →
SHUTE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1L1N1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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