5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

ULTRA

Yes, ULTRA was the Wordle answer on February 12, 2022 (Wordle #238).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʌltɹə//ˈʊltɹə//ˈʌltɾə/

Adjective

Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.

Noun

A political extremist, in particular

Noun

A political extremist, in particular:

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 12, 2022 (#238).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ULTRA performs as a guess

ULTRA 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,167 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___A U in the 1st position and A in the 5th position U__R_ U in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _L__A L in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SONCE NOISE CANOE HEIST HELLO SAYNE
Words starting with U Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ULTRA 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,167 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ULTRA ranks #2,167 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
19
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:
ALRTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
22%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P I A L
U L T R A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ULTRA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

261
220
176
146
133
123
113
103
92
68
60
59
56
46
40
36
36
36
32
31
28
25
24
23
23
23
23
22
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ULTRA:

11% chance
Suggested:
SONCE
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
7% chance
Suggested:
SONCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.1% →
SONCE 6.03 bits
9.3% →
NOISE 5.10 bits
7.5% →
SONCE 5.34 bits
6.2% →
CANOE 4.61 bits
5.6% →
HEIST 5.48 bits
5.2% →
HELLO 5.02 bits
4.8% →
SONCE 4.76 bits
4.4% →
SAYNE 4.72 bits
3.9% →
SIENT 4.76 bits
2.9% →
TOISE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1L1T1R1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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