5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

UPTER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʌptə/

Adjective

Useless, no good.

Alternative forms: upta

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 UPTER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UPTER 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,315 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.

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___R U in the 1st position and R in the 5th position U__E_ U in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__R P in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ANILE CAIRN SAINT SONLY DEARE
Words starting with U Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UPTER 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
0.71 Volatility
#3,315 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UPTER ranks #3,315 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
16
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:
ERTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
23%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
251
175
141
127
125
94
89
72
70
57
56
48
39
38
33
32
32
28
26
25
25
22
22
19
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UPTER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SALON
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SALON 5.92 bits
10.6% →
ANILE 5.42 bits
7.4% →
CAIRN 5.12 bits
6.0% →
SAINT 5.40 bits
5.4% →
SONLY 4.79 bits
5.3% →
DEARE 4.63 bits
4.0% →
SHALT 5.15 bits
3.8% →
SOILY 3.48 bits
3.1% →
LADEN 4.32 bits
3.0% →
TRAIT 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1P3T1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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