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Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PERAI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of pirai (“piranha fish”).

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 PERAI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERAI 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 90.7% of games, misses completely in 9.3%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,153 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___I P in the 1st position and I in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__I E in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SONLY STOLE SALET SOLED STILE
Words starting with P Words ending with I

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERAI 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,153 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERAI ranks #3,153 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
15
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
27%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

219
201
190
163
124
108
92
91
90
66
63
59
55
51
42
41
34
30
30
26
23
23
22
22
21
21
21
18
18
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERAI:

9% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
9% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
8% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.3% →
SLOTH 5.50 bits
8.5% →
SONLY 5.15 bits
8.1% →
SONLY 4.95 bits
6.9% →
STOLE 5.26 bits
5.3% →
SALET 4.55 bits
4.6% →
SOLED 4.17 bits
3.9% →
STILE 4.58 bits
3.9% →
FRONT 4.63 bits
3.8% →
SMART 4.03 bits
2.8% →
SONLY 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1A1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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