5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PERVY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Behaving or looking like a sexual pervert.

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 PERVY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERVY 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,692 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__V_ P in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERVY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,692 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERVY ranks #8,692 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
23
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)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
346
232
212
185
90
55
54
50
47
38
30
29
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25
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERVY:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
SAINT 6.17 bits
14.7% →
SLANT 5.66 bits
9.8% →
TRAIN 5.34 bits
9.0% →
STAIR 4.51 bits
7.8% →
SAULT 4.62 bits
3.8% →
THALE 4.46 bits
2.3% →
COAST 4.82 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
2.1% →
SPALE 4.53 bits
2.0% →
REATE 3.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1V4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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