5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

URSON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.

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 URSON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts URSON 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,787 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___N U in the 1st position and N in the 5th position U__O_ U in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

DEALT PALET THALE CLADE LAIDE PLACE
Words starting with U Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How URSON 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
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,787 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, URSON ranks #2,787 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
948
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
213
180
145
140
119
113
81
58
53
51
45
42
41
37
35
32
31
31
31
26
23
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22
20
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16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing URSON:

16% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
9% chance
Suggested:
PALET
8% chance
Suggested:
THALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
DEALT 6.14 bits
9.0% →
PALET 5.27 bits
7.6% →
THALE 5.77 bits
6.1% →
CLADE 5.00 bits
5.9% →
LAIDE 5.18 bits
5.0% →
PLACE 4.97 bits
4.8% →
CADET 5.03 bits
3.4% →
COLEY 4.18 bits
2.5% →
PARTE 4.70 bits
2.2% →
CLOTE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1R1S1O1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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