5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEKAN

PEKAN 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

A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)

Noun

An American marten (Martes americana).

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 PEKAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEKAN 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,852 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

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MOULT TOILE SLART COUNT DETER SIREE
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEKAN 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,852 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEKAN ranks #6,852 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

380
315
261
162
123
106
83
68
62
61
55
47
40
35
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEKAN:

16% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
MOULT 5.62 bits
13.4% →
TOILE 5.36 bits
11.1% →
SLART 5.20 bits
6.9% →
SLART 4.89 bits
5.2% →
COUNT 5.04 bits
4.5% →
DETER 4.54 bits
3.5% →
SIREE 4.63 bits
2.9% →
GIANT 4.34 bits
2.6% →
CORAL 4.49 bits
2.6% →
SOULY 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1K5A1N1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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