5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PELES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% 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 PELES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PELES 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 201 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,001 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

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TRAIN SAINT CORAL TIARE ROANY STAIR
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
201 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PELES 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,001 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PELES ranks #7,001 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
32%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
211
205
203
127
92
89
81
53
48
46
46
42
39
26
24
24
23
22
22
21
20
17
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14
14
13
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13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PELES:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
CORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
TRAIN 6.02 bits
8.9% →
SAINT 5.36 bits
8.7% →
CORAL 5.05 bits
8.6% →
TIARE 5.14 bits
5.4% →
ROANY 4.26 bits
3.9% →
STAIR 4.75 bits
3.8% →
RAINY 4.55 bits
3.4% →
BAILE 4.58 bits
2.2% →
SHALL 4.34 bits
2.0% →
RAINY 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1L1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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