5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PERKY

Yes, PERKY was the Wordle answer on January 28, 2022 (Wordle #223).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɝki/

Adjective

Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.

“She answered with a perky smile and bounced off.”

Adjective

Standing upright; firm.

“The plant looks much perkier since I watered it.”

Noun

Alternative spelling of percy (“Percocet pill”).

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 28, 2022 (#223).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PERKY performs as a guess

PERKY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,089 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

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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__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT STAIR TRAIN SAULT LIANE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERKY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,089 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERKY ranks #8,089 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
25
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
34%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S P E R M
P E R C H
P E R K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PERKY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

457
353
219
210
165
99
64
57
52
50
46
35
32
30
30
25
25
24
24
24
21
20
19
19
18
18
18
17
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERKY:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
SAINT 6.19 bits
15.0% →
SLANT 5.62 bits
9.3% →
STAIR 4.46 bits
8.9% →
TRAIN 5.31 bits
7.0% →
SAULT 4.55 bits
4.2% →
LIANE 4.41 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.82 bits
2.4% →
COAST 4.80 bits
2.2% →
LATER 3.80 bits
2.1% →
SAULT 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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