5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

URASE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of urease.

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 URASE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts URASE 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 91.1% of games, misses completely in 8.9%, and leaves about 79 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,704 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___E U in the 1st position and E in the 5th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOTLY TALON INLET RIVET MULCH SPILT
Words starting with U Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.60 Entropy (bits)
79 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How URASE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,704 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, URASE ranks #2,704 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
14
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
3 vowels
Common:
AERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
38%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

209
173
158
120
118
77
76
72
72
61
57
55
54
43
43
42
39
38
34
34
33
33
32
31
28
27
24
23
22
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing URASE:

9% chance
Suggested:
HOTLY
7% chance
Suggested:
TALON
7% chance
Suggested:
INLET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.9% →
HOTLY 5.18 bits
7.3% →
TALON 5.16 bits
6.7% →
INLET 5.02 bits
5.1% →
RIVET 4.09 bits
5.0% →
MULCH 4.73 bits
3.3% →
SPILT 4.68 bits
3.2% →
CAROL 4.50 bits
3.1% →
CLINE 4.22 bits
3.1% →
CLEAN 4.48 bits
2.6% →
CLINE 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1R1A1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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