5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PERIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of peri

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 PERIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERIS 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,170 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ALONE ORATE ACORN SAULT FLINT
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERIS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,170 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERIS ranks #2,170 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,074
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
28%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
214
154
150
144
132
91
87
78
62
54
52
50
50
47
38
30
29
26
26
25
23
22
21
21
18
18
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERIS:

13% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
9% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
7% chance
Suggested:
ORATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
TONAL 5.78 bits
9.1% →
ALONE 5.34 bits
6.5% →
ORATE 4.31 bits
6.4% →
ACORN 4.99 bits
6.1% →
SAULT 5.22 bits
5.6% →
FLINT 4.88 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 5.03 bits
3.7% →
THALE 4.66 bits
3.3% →
ANILE 4.48 bits
2.6% →
ANTIC 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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