5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEERY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

spinning top

Adjective

That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.

Adjective

Of or pertaining to peers or the peerage.

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 PEERY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEERY 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,479 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__R_ P in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT COAST SAULT TOISE SLAIN
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEERY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,479 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEERY ranks #8,479 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
25
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
39%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
296
238
187
183
63
60
55
51
39
38
34
34
30
30
26
25
23
22
21
21
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18
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEERY:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
SAINT 6.16 bits
12.6% →
SLANT 5.42 bits
10.1% →
COAST 5.26 bits
7.9% →
SAULT 4.63 bits
7.8% →
TOISE 4.45 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.31 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.83 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.67 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.82 bits
1.7% →
SLANT 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1E1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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