5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UPSEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Preposition

Alternative form of upsee.

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 UPSEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UPSEY 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,810 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___Y U in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position U__E_ U in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__Y P in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LEARE TONER SHALT DAILY COURT
Words starting with U Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UPSEY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,810 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UPSEY ranks #8,810 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

426
349
190
161
147
145
120
64
62
59
49
48
35
30
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UPSEY:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
CAROL 6.09 bits
14.8% →
LEARE 5.39 bits
8.1% →
TONER 4.33 bits
6.8% →
SHALT 5.36 bits
6.2% →
DAILY 4.37 bits
6.1% →
COURT 5.10 bits
5.1% →
SLART 4.88 bits
2.7% →
TARGE 4.24 bits
2.6% →
PILOT 5.07 bits
2.5% →
SHUNT 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1P3S1E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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