5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PEPON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% 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 PEPON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEPON 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,120 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART GIANT TORSE ANISE TALER DOING
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEPON 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,120 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEPON ranks #11,120 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
304
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
416
237
167
159
121
88
70
63
58
42
32
32
27
27
26
24
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19
14
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11
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEPON:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
SLART 5.97 bits
17.6% →
SLART 5.71 bits
10.1% →
SLART 5.28 bits
7.1% →
GIANT 5.16 bits
6.7% →
SLART 4.94 bits
5.1% →
TORSE 4.44 bits
3.7% →
ANISE 4.68 bits
3.0% →
TALER 4.55 bits
2.7% →
DOING 4.25 bits
2.5% →
SLART 5.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1P3O1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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