5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEAKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpiːki/

Adjective

Sickly; peaked.

Adjective

Characterised by peaks.

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 PEAKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEAKY 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,914 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.

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 _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE COURT TALON TALER SOLDE SIREN
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEAKY 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
0.71 Volatility
#9,914 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEAKY ranks #9,914 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

389
378
234
155
137
118
113
73
60
59
50
49
31
31
28
27
27
24
19
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEAKY:

16% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
16% chance
Suggested:
COURT
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
TOISE 5.22 bits
16.0% →
COURT 5.92 bits
9.9% →
TALON 5.35 bits
6.6% →
TALER 4.74 bits
5.8% →
SOLDE 4.20 bits
5.0% →
SIREN 4.50 bits
4.8% →
SLART 4.71 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 3.84 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.01 bits
2.5% →
CRINE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1A1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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