5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PEATY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpiːtiː/

Adjective

Of or resembling peat; peatlike.

Adjective

Of whisky, having a complex smoky flavour imparted by compounds released by peat fires used to dry the malted barley.

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 PEATY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEATY 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,098 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE SCION CAROL HOIST SOLDE MARLE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEATY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,098 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEATY ranks #4,098 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
42%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

296
262
165
144
128
124
102
101
90
68
55
50
41
41
37
36
32
30
27
23
21
20
19
17
16
16
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEATY:

13% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SCION
7% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
DROLE 5.22 bits
11.1% →
SCION 5.65 bits
7.0% →
CAROL 5.49 bits
6.1% →
HOIST 5.26 bits
5.4% →
SOLDE 4.15 bits
5.3% →
MARLE 4.55 bits
4.3% →
SIREE 4.94 bits
4.3% →
SNARL 4.30 bits
3.8% →
RIONE 4.22 bits
2.9% →
NATAL 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1A1T1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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