5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

UVULA

Yes, UVULA was the Wordle answer on November 14, 2024 (Wordle #1244).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.vjʊl.ə//ˈju.vjəl.ə/

Noun

Ellipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.

Noun

the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate

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: November 14, 2024 (#1244).

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

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How UVULA performs as a guess

UVULA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.7% of games, misses completely in 30.3%, and leaves about 373 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,036 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___A U in the 1st position and A in the 5th position U__L_ U in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TRONE TARSE REAST SLIER CORSE SWIRE
Words starting with U Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.48 Entropy (bits)
373 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UVULA 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,036 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UVULA ranks #14,036 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
611
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
395
6 guesses
30

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
18%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
A L B U M
U V U L A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches UVULA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

715
499
189
173
169
90
79
50
47
42
34
28
27
23
21
20
19
19
18
11
8
8
8
7
6
4
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UVULA:

30% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
21% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.3% →
TRONE 6.16 bits
21.2% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
8.0% →
REAST 4.72 bits
7.3% →
SLIER 4.91 bits
7.2% →
CORSE 4.90 bits
3.8% →
TRONE 4.83 bits
3.3% →
SWIRE 4.42 bits
2.1% →
VISOR 4.71 bits
2.0% →
SATEM 4.14 bits
1.8% →
MOIRE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1V4U1L1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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