5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PELTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛltə/

Noun

A flat apothecium with no rim.

Noun

A crescent-shaped sheet of microtubules that encircles the base of the flagella of a protozoan.

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 PELTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PELTA 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,448 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CRONY DRONE CAIRN HOIST SARGE CLOUD
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PELTA 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,448 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PELTA ranks #1,448 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
166
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
26%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

261
235
195
132
120
111
92
87
82
80
80
51
44
39
35
35
31
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PELTA:

11% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
10% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.1% →
CRONY 5.62 bits
10.0% →
DRONE 5.34 bits
8.3% →
CAIRN 5.27 bits
5.6% →
HOIST 5.33 bits
5.1% →
SARGE 4.50 bits
4.7% →
CLOUD 4.74 bits
3.9% →
SNAIL 4.30 bits
3.7% →
SCANT 4.60 bits
3.5% →
SIREE 4.94 bits
3.4% →
SOREE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1L1T1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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