Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

PEGMA

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

No dictionary definition for PEGMA is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use PEGMA in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How PEGMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEGMA 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,154 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe PEGMA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.44 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How PEGMA 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.83% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#7,154 Rank among openers
Opening with PEGMA left 4 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,154 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
23%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

PEGMA can come back 86 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

437 answers
350 answers
341 answers
178 answers
108 answers
74 answers
63 answers
52 answers
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28 answers
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12 answers
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Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1G2M3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing PEGMA

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to PEGMA.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEGMA:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
COURT 5.89 bits
14.7% →
SIREE 5.28 bits
14.3% →
TRAIL 5.28 bits
7.5% →
SLART 5.08 bits
4.5% →
DETER 4.45 bits
3.1% →
SOULY 4.74 bits
2.6% →
MUSTY 4.71 bits
2.2% →
SLIER 4.55 bits
2.1% →
SLART 4.19 bits
1.9% →
SCRAM 4.29 bits

Research on PEGMA

Game-tree analysis and word research for PEGMA, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with PEGMA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.73 guesses and ranks #6,817 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.84 guesses at best and is rank #2,515 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.73, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).