5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEDIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pedi

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 PEDIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEDIS 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,405 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ALTER SAULT GLINT SLART LEARE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEDIS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,405 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEDIS ranks #3,405 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
12
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:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

410
318
181
153
125
120
93
80
66
60
48
39
38
37
29
29
29
28
27
27
26
23
22
20
20
19
19
15
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEDIS:

17% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
CAROL 6.06 bits
13.5% →
ALTER 5.45 bits
7.7% →
SAULT 5.30 bits
6.5% →
GLINT 4.96 bits
5.3% →
SLART 5.03 bits
5.1% →
LEARE 4.60 bits
3.9% →
TRINE 4.73 bits
3.4% →
DROWN 4.91 bits
2.8% →
CANER 4.56 bits
2.5% →
STINK 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1D2I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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