5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WHAUP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The curlew, Numenius arquata.

Alternative forms: waup

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 WHAUP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHAUP 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 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 279 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,844 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

W___P W in the 1st position and P in the 5th position W__U_ W in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _H__P H in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER TUILE STIRE RONTE PATER
Words starting with W Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
279 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHAUP 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,844 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHAUP ranks #9,844 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
25%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

609
406
212
172
119
84
62
61
61
52
45
42
36
33
32
29
28
25
19
16
14
14
14
13
12
11
11
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHAUP:

26% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
17% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
TOILE 5.91 bits
17.2% →
TALER 5.49 bits
9.0% →
TUILE 5.12 bits
7.3% →
STIRE 5.09 bits
5.0% →
STIRE 5.41 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 5.26 bits
2.6% →
PATER 4.71 bits
2.6% →
STIRE 5.32 bits
2.6% →
SOLER 4.93 bits
2.2% →
SENOR 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4A1U1P3
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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