5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEKAU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 PEKAU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEKAU 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 85.7% of games, misses completely in 14.3%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,903 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___U P in the 1st position and U in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__U E in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT SIREE TRAIN CRUST ALTER RONTE
Words starting with P Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEKAU 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,903 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEKAU ranks #10,903 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
285
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
22%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

338
332
314
192
180
127
86
71
49
47
43
43
42
40
34
28
28
26
25
25
22
21
21
18
18
17
16
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEKAU:

14% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
14% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
SNORT 5.54 bits
14.1% →
SIREE 5.31 bits
13.3% →
TRAIN 5.21 bits
8.1% →
CRUST 5.03 bits
7.6% →
ALTER 4.66 bits
5.4% →
RONTE 4.31 bits
3.6% →
TUILE 4.44 bits
3.0% →
CORAL 4.47 bits
2.1% →
CRISE 4.50 bits
2.0% →
SLIER 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1K5A1U1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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