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USURP

Yes, USURP was the Wordle answer on September 28, 2022 (Wordle #466).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /juˈsɝp//juːˈzɜːp/

Verb

To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).

Verb

To take the place of someone or something else; to supplant.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 28, 2022 (#466).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How USURP performs as a guess

USURP is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 341 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,794 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

U___P U in the 1st position and P in the 5th position U__R_ U in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

ALONE CADET STALE GLACE COATE STOAE
Words starting with U Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
341 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How USURP 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,794 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, USURP ranks #11,794 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
725
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
314
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
17%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B R U S H
U S U R P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches USURP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

707
414
276
114
102
85
78
62
62
60
46
42
39
35
23
18
18
16
14
10
9
9
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8
8
7
7
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6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing USURP:

30% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
18% chance
Suggested:
CADET
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
ALONE 6.05 bits
17.6% →
CADET 5.34 bits
11.7% →
STALE 5.74 bits
4.8% →
GLACE 4.60 bits
4.3% →
ALONE 5.38 bits
3.6% →
COATE 4.81 bits
3.3% →
STOAE 4.63 bits
2.6% →
POLEY 4.51 bits
2.6% →
THALE 4.57 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1S1U1R1P3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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