5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WOOPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

Misspelling of whoops.

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 WOOPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WOOPS 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 60.3% of games, misses completely in 39.7%, and leaves about 453 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,417 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE CARLE ARIEL MANOR CRATE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.54 Entropy (bits)
453 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOOPS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,417 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOOPS ranks #12,417 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
706
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
335
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
27%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

936
328
155
143
127
89
79
50
43
34
31
30
24
24
17
15
15
15
14
12
12
12
12
10
9
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOOPS:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.7% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
13.9% →
STALE 5.62 bits
6.6% →
CARLE 4.72 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.41 bits
5.4% →
MANOR 5.22 bits
3.8% →
CRATE 4.77 bits
3.3% →
STARE 5.09 bits
2.1% →
TRICE 4.90 bits
1.8% →
CRUET 4.13 bits
1.4% →
DWELT 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1O1P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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