5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEGOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pego

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 PEGOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEGOS 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,170 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE TONAL SHALT REATE STAIR
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEGOS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,170 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEGOS ranks #6,170 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

381
324
200
181
140
121
103
71
60
58
58
43
41
39
36
35
32
31
31
30
19
19
16
16
15
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15
14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEGOS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TONAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
TRAIL 5.98 bits
13.7% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
8.5% →
TONAL 4.96 bits
7.7% →
SHALT 5.31 bits
5.9% →
REATE 4.59 bits
5.1% →
STAIR 4.91 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.40 bits
3.0% →
TALER 4.61 bits
2.5% →
SHORT 4.29 bits
2.5% →
GAILY 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1G2O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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