5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

PENNY

PENNY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛni//ˈpɪni//pəni/

Noun

In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.

Noun

In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.

Verb

To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.

“Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.”

Verb

To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.

Alternative forms: peny, penie, pennie

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 PENNY performs as a guess

PENNY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 297 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,431 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR SOLAR REATE TRAIN ANILE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
297 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PENNY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,431 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PENNY ranks #12,431 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
702
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
35
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
1 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
38%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
B E N C H
P E N N Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PENNY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

577
514
197
130
99
92
87
76
67
46
39
38
37
28
24
23
22
21
18
17
16
14
13
12
11
10
10
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PENNY:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
22% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
21.8% →
STAIR 5.39 bits
8.4% →
SOLAR 4.79 bits
5.5% →
REATE 4.64 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 4.59 bits
3.9% →
TRAIN 5.06 bits
3.7% →
ANILE 4.37 bits
3.2% →
SLART 5.14 bits
2.8% →
SAREE 4.77 bits
2.0% →
COAST 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1N1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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