5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WHUPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of 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

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 WHUPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHUPS 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 61.5% of games, misses completely in 38.5%, and leaves about 416 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,934 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___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__P_ W in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL STALE RAILE PAIRE CARTE TIARE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
416 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHUPS 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
0.70 Volatility
#9,934 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHUPS ranks #9,934 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
19%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

908
258
173
130
117
81
70
65
47
47
45
42
35
27
24
21
20
20
18
15
14
13
13
11
11
10
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHUPS:

39% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.5% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
10.9% →
STALE 5.65 bits
7.3% →
RAILE 4.92 bits
5.5% →
PAIRE 5.46 bits
5.0% →
CARTE 5.58 bits
3.4% →
TIARE 4.80 bits
3.0% →
TRADE 4.82 bits
2.8% →
DRONE 4.90 bits
2.0% →
TIARE 4.91 bits
2.0% →
CRATE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4U1P3S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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