5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEKID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpiːkɪd/

Adjective

Pronunciation spelling of peaked (“sickly-looking, peaky”).

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 PEKID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEKID 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,801 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___D P in the 1st position and D in the 5th position P__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TARSE SLANT REATE TRINE CLANK
Words starting with P Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEKID 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,801 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEKID ranks #7,801 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
403
186
144
116
85
82
73
69
53
52
43
40
36
35
33
32
31
29
22
19
18
18
15
12
12
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEKID:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
ROAST 6.07 bits
17.1% →
TARSE 5.61 bits
7.9% →
SLANT 5.23 bits
6.1% →
REATE 4.66 bits
4.9% →
TRINE 4.65 bits
3.6% →
CLANK 4.99 bits
3.5% →
COAST 5.03 bits
3.1% →
SLART 5.11 bits
2.9% →
DOWDY 4.45 bits
2.2% →
ARENE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1K5I1D2
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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