5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PERSP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Abbreviation of perspective.

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 PERSP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERSP 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,549 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___P P in the 1st position and P in the 5th position P__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__P E in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE TRAIN IRATE SAINT THALE
Words starting with P Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERSP 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,549 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERSP ranks #9,549 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
27
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
29%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
299
222
205
172
104
89
67
57
56
41
35
30
30
26
24
22
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERSP:

21% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
13% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TONAL 5.88 bits
12.7% →
ANILE 5.49 bits
9.4% →
TRAIN 5.26 bits
8.7% →
IRATE 4.31 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 5.21 bits
4.4% →
THALE 4.51 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.83 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.62 bits
2.4% →
SHALT 4.44 bits
2.4% →
LATER 3.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1S1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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