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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

PATIO

Yes, PATIO was the Wordle answer on December 10, 2024 (Wordle #1270).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpæt.i.əʊ//ˈpæt.i.oʊ/[ˈpæɾ.i.oʊ]

Noun

A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.

Noun

An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain.

“The flat looks out on a patio on one side and a churro café on the other.”

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: December 10, 2024 (#1270).

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

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How PATIO performs as a guess

PATIO 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 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,441 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

P___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLEER DROLE LEARN RINSE LANCE RESET
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PATIO 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#4,441 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PATIO ranks #4,441 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
19
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
28%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B L O A T
P A T I O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PATIO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

265
264
242
206
127
97
96
89
85
70
40
39
39
36
34
28
27
26
26
26
24
22
22
22
20
17
17
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PATIO:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLEER
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEARN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
SLEER 5.71 bits
11.2% →
DROLE 5.17 bits
10.3% →
LEARN 5.23 bits
8.7% →
RINSE 5.24 bits
5.4% →
LANCE 4.33 bits
4.1% →
RESET 5.21 bits
4.1% →
REAST 4.89 bits
3.8% →
GRISE 4.60 bits
3.6% →
SHORE 4.78 bits
3.0% →
MOLAR 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1T1I1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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