5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PAWKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːki/

Adjective

Shrewd, sly; often also characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour.

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 PAWKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAWKY 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 66.8% of games, misses completely in 33.2%, and leaves about 367 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,079 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE ALERT CLINE SOLDE STIRE SIREN
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
367 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAWKY 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#12,079 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAWKY ranks #12,079 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,299
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
8
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
31%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

782
396
175
161
102
87
75
62
59
42
41
38
30
28
23
19
19
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8
8
8
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAWKY:

33% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
17% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
7% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.2% →
TOISE 6.08 bits
16.8% →
ALERT 5.58 bits
7.4% →
CLINE 4.74 bits
6.8% →
SOLDE 4.69 bits
4.3% →
STIRE 5.39 bits
3.7% →
SIREN 5.35 bits
3.2% →
CRINE 4.86 bits
2.6% →
IRONE 5.06 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 3.29 bits
1.8% →
SLANT 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1W4K5Y4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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