5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PERCS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of perc

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 PERCS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERCS 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,576 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__C_ P in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE DROIT SAINT IRATE SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERCS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,576 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERCS ranks #1,576 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
979
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
169
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

361
243
180
177
170
102
86
83
52
49
47
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERCS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
10% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
TONAL 5.95 bits
10.3% →
ANILE 5.52 bits
7.6% →
DROIT 5.29 bits
7.5% →
SAINT 5.39 bits
7.2% →
IRATE 4.31 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.87 bits
3.6% →
CLAIM 4.92 bits
3.5% →
BLATE 4.49 bits
2.2% →
TUILE 3.67 bits
2.1% →
FORAY 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1C3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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