5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNLAP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To unfold or unroll.

Verb

To overtake the leader in a race in order to no longer be lapped (one or more complete laps behind the leader).

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 UNLAP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNLAP 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,016 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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 HOISE SLIER STARE TRINE
Words starting with U Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNLAP 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,016 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNLAP ranks #4,016 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
9
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:
ALNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
18%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

438
317
172
171
155
112
94
92
53
52
51
50
43
43
36
30
28
27
27
25
22
20
18
18
17
14
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNLAP:

19% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
HOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
TORSE 6.19 bits
13.4% →
TARSE 5.59 bits
7.3% →
HOISE 5.33 bits
7.3% →
TORSE 5.55 bits
6.6% →
SLIER 4.92 bits
4.7% →
STARE 4.76 bits
4.0% →
TRINE 4.62 bits
3.9% →
TOISE 5.46 bits
2.2% →
CEDAR 4.33 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1L1A1P3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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