5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WUSHU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwuːˈʃuː/

Noun

Any Chinese martial art.

Noun

A modern exhibition and full-contact sport based on traditional Chinese martial arts, created in the People's Republic of China. Also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu.

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 WUSHU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WUSHU 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 55.1% of games, misses completely in 44.9%, and leaves about 556 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,310 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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__H_ W in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__U U in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL STALE CARTE TRONE MARLE STARE
Words starting with W Words ending with U

First-turn measures

3.07 Entropy (bits)
556 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WUSHU 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,310 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WUSHU ranks #14,310 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
571
4 guesses
1,333
5 guesses
391
6 guesses
33
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
15%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1058
313
175
154
124
77
68
66
55
43
29
25
25
23
19
18
15
11
9
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WUSHU:

45% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
CARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.9% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
13.3% →
STALE 5.60 bits
7.4% →
CARTE 5.82 bits
6.5% →
TRONE 5.42 bits
5.3% →
MARLE 4.30 bits
3.3% →
STARE 4.67 bits
2.9% →
DRONE 4.90 bits
2.8% →
SAUNT 4.39 bits
2.3% →
BOITE 4.45 bits
1.8% →
ARIEL 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4U1S1H4U1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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