5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNCAP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkæp/

Verb

To remove a physical cap or cover from.

Verb

To remove a cap or limit from.

“to uncap the frame rate of a game console emulator”

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 UNCAP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNCAP 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,758 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___P U in the 1st position and P in the 5th position U__A_ U in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__P N in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE SOLER GOIER SHIER STILE
Words starting with U Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNCAP 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,758 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNCAP ranks #5,758 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
11
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:
ANU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
15%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

512
356
179
168
113
100
95
86
81
65
48
45
41
36
32
32
20
20
20
20
18
18
17
15
15
14
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNCAP:

22% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
TORSE 6.13 bits
15.1% →
TARSE 5.54 bits
7.6% →
SOLER 5.23 bits
7.1% →
GOIER 5.39 bits
4.8% →
SHIER 5.21 bits
4.2% →
STILE 5.41 bits
4.0% →
TRINE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
CHARE 4.83 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.75 bits
2.8% →
TARSE 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1C3A1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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