5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PEPPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpi/

Adjective

Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy

“Cedric was not feeling peppy when he woke up two hours before dawn.”

Noun

A tree of species Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as Western Australian peppermint or peppermint tree.

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 PEPPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEPPY 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 65.2% of games, misses completely in 34.8%, and leaves about 514 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,718 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.02 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__P_ P in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ARISE SOLAR RAILE SLART SONAR
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.97 Entropy (bits)
514 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
2.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEPPY 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.

4.02 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,718 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEPPY ranks #14,718 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
493
4 guesses
1,286
5 guesses
492
6 guesses
49
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

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
31%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

44 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

821
658
245
172
66
49
43
42
38
27
23
21
21
16
14
12
11
9
7
7
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEPPY:

35% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
28% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.8% →
TRAIL 5.98 bits
27.9% →
ARISE 5.23 bits
10.4% →
SOLAR 4.69 bits
7.3% →
RAILE 4.48 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.82 bits
2.1% →
SONAR 4.59 bits
1.8% →
ARISE 4.29 bits
1.8% →
SLART 3.90 bits
1.6% →
SAREE 3.98 bits
1.1% →
ROYAL 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1P3P3Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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