Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

UTERI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjuːtəɹaɪ/

Noun

plural of uterus

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 UTERI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UTERI 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 89.2% of games, misses completely in 10.8%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,152 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UTERI 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,152 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UTERI ranks #6,152 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
26
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:
EIRTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
18%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

255
226
166
158
130
125
93
89
86
83
63
61
56
55
44
43
42
40
35
35
33
33
29
25
22
22
20
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UTERI:

11% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
10% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
7% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8%
SONLY 5.64 bits
9.6%
LEASE 5.29 bits
7.0%
SONLY 5.04 bits
6.7%
SOLAR 4.26 bits
5.5%
SONLY 4.70 bits
5.3%
BARON 4.79 bits
3.9%
ANILE 4.52 bits
3.8%
HOIST 4.33 bits
3.6%
SLOTH 4.94 bits
3.5%
LEAST 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1T1E1R1I1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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