5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEELY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /piːli/

Adjective

Tending to peel.

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a peel.

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 PEELY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEELY 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,981 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN RAISE COAST SONAR ROATE STAIR
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEELY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,981 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEELY ranks #8,981 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
808
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
39%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
368
202
177
103
75
67
54
46
46
45
39
39
35
29
29
27
25
22
22
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEELY:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
16% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TRAIN 6.17 bits
15.6% →
RAISE 5.30 bits
8.6% →
COAST 5.14 bits
7.5% →
SONAR 4.62 bits
4.4% →
ROATE 4.33 bits
3.2% →
STAIR 4.61 bits
2.8% →
ROAST 5.09 bits
2.3% →
TREAD 4.51 bits
2.0% →
SOLAR 3.42 bits
2.0% →
RANSE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1E1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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