5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PERTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pert

Noun

plural of pert

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 PERTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERTS 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,069 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PE_TS P in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ANILE DRAIN LAIDE SNAIL HAUNT
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERTS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,069 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERTS ranks #1,069 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
12
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:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
217
168
152
132
126
76
71
65
60
48
47
45
42
37
34
32
32
31
28
27
22
22
19
18
18
18
18
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERTS:

14% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
7% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
COALY 5.79 bits
9.2% →
ANILE 5.55 bits
7.1% →
DRAIN 5.35 bits
6.4% →
LAIDE 4.36 bits
5.6% →
SNAIL 5.17 bits
5.3% →
HAUNT 5.12 bits
3.2% →
LIANE 4.35 bits
3.0% →
SLANE 4.52 bits
2.8% →
INLET 4.39 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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