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

UPSET

Yes, UPSET was the Wordle answer on July 29, 2022 (Wordle #405).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʌpˈsɛt//ɐpˈset//ˈʌp.sɛt/

Adjective

Angry, distressed, or unhappy

“He was upset when she refused his friendship.”

Adjective

Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.

“His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.”

Noun

Disturbance or disruption.

“My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.”

Noun

An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.

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: July 29, 2022 (#405).

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

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How UPSET performs as a guess

UPSET 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,075 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

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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 _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LEARE RAINY CLARY TITAN SORAL
Words starting with U Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UPSET 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,075 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UPSET ranks #3,075 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
180
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:
ESTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches UPSET in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
299
156
122
119
114
83
69
64
51
47
46
41
39
39
38
35
34
29
28
27
25
23
22
22
19
16
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UPSET:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
CAROL 6.04 bits
12.7% →
LEARE 5.41 bits
6.6% →
RAINY 4.28 bits
5.2% →
CLARY 4.84 bits
5.0% →
TITAN 4.99 bits
4.8% →
CLARY 5.01 bits
3.5% →
SORAL 4.47 bits
2.9% →
TIARE 4.76 bits
2.7% →
LAIRY 4.75 bits
2.2% →
GOIER 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1P3S1E1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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