5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

URATE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹeɪt/

Noun

Any salt of uric acid.

“The deposition of urate crystals in the joints leads to gout.”

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 URATE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts URATE 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 91.2% of games, misses completely in 8.8%, and leaves about 75 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,265 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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 U__T_ U in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SONLY OLDEN SOILY HOIST CLASP CAROL
Words starting with U Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.67 Entropy (bits)
75 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.8% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How URATE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#1,265 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, URATE ranks #1,265 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
992
4 guesses
1,046
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
21
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:
AERTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
40%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

124 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

207
146
136
129
112
100
75
72
72
60
59
57
55
49
47
42
39
39
37
35
33
32
32
27
27
26
25
25
25
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing URATE:

9% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
6% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
6% chance
Suggested:
OLDEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.8% →
SONLY 5.56 bits
6.2% →
SONLY 5.12 bits
5.8% →
OLDEN 4.98 bits
5.5% →
SONLY 4.67 bits
4.7% →
SOILY 3.89 bits
4.2% →
SOILY 4.70 bits
3.2% →
HOIST 4.72 bits
3.1% →
CLASP 4.62 bits
3.1% →
CAROL 4.42 bits
2.5% →
SLEET 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1R1A1T1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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