5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNGET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɡɛt/

Verb

The opposite action of get (in various senses)

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 UNGET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNGET 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,797 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___T U in the 1st position and T in the 5th position U__E_ U in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__T N in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position UN_ET U in the 1st position, N in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SEARE SITAR SOLAR SURLY CAIRN
Words starting with U Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNGET 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,797 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNGET ranks #4,797 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
15
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:
ENTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
298
151
148
136
131
104
73
71
47
47
46
45
40
36
35
35
35
29
25
20
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18
18
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15
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNGET:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
6% chance
Suggested:
SITAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
CAROL 6.03 bits
12.6% →
SEARE 5.47 bits
6.4% →
SITAR 5.04 bits
6.3% →
SOLAR 4.49 bits
5.8% →
SURLY 4.84 bits
5.6% →
CAIRN 5.24 bits
4.4% →
TARTE 4.87 bits
3.1% →
AROSE 4.93 bits
3.0% →
CLOSE 4.43 bits
2.0% →
SERAL 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1G2E1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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