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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

WHOOP

Yes, WHOOP was the Wordle answer on September 5, 2022 (Wordle #443).

As an opener, it rules out about 77.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wuːp//ʍuːp//wʊp/

Noun

A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.

Noun

A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.

Verb

To make a whoop.

Verb

To shout, to yell.

Alternative forms: hoop, howp, whup

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 5, 2022 (#443).

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

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How WHOOP performs as a guess

WHOOP 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 54.7% of games, misses completely in 45.3%, and leaves about 542 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,428 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

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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__O_ W in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__P H in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER PAIRE CASTE CRATE TRICE
Words starting with W Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.36 Entropy (bits)
542 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
77.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHOOP 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,428 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHOOP ranks #13,428 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
669
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
373
6 guesses
27
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:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
24%
All gray
45%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
G U M B O
W H O O P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WHOOP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1067
220
193
135
112
85
68
51
42
35
33
28
22
20
19
18
17
17
15
14
13
11
10
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6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHOOP:

45% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.3% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
9.3% →
TALER 4.89 bits
8.2% →
PAIRE 5.61 bits
5.7% →
CASTE 5.23 bits
4.7% →
CRATE 4.88 bits
3.6% →
TRICE 5.19 bits
2.9% →
MARLE 4.55 bits
2.2% →
LEANT 4.77 bits
1.8% →
CRUET 4.43 bits
1.5% →
SUCRE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4O1O1P3
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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