5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEKOE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpiːkəʊ//ˈpɛːkəʊ//ˈpikoʊ/

Noun

A high-quality black tea made using young leaves, grown in Sri Lanka, India, Java and the Azores.

Alternative forms: pecco

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 PEKOE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEKOE 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,302 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT TONAL ALTER SLART SLACK TALER
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEKOE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,302 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEKOE ranks #11,302 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
733
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
17
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
37%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

573
304
218
199
123
99
93
79
78
67
45
45
36
35
31
26
21
20
20
19
18
16
16
13
13
11
10
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEKOE:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
9% chance
Suggested:
ALTER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
SAINT 6.07 bits
12.9% →
TONAL 4.95 bits
9.2% →
ALTER 5.29 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.10 bits
5.2% →
SLART 4.91 bits
4.2% →
SLACK 4.94 bits
3.9% →
TALER 4.55 bits
3.4% →
SLATY 5.13 bits
3.3% →
SONAR 4.11 bits
2.8% →
MOWER 3.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1K5O1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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