5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PETRI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpiːtɹi//ˈpɛtɹi/

Noun

Ellipsis of petri dish.

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 PETRI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PETRI 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,331 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___I P in the 1st position and I in the 5th position P__R_ P in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__I E in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ALOSE SONLY SOLAR ARSON SAUNT
Words starting with P Words ending with I

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PETRI 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,331 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PETRI ranks #2,331 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,119
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
26%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

317
209
163
145
140
119
87
81
80
75
56
53
49
48
46
41
31
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27
26
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16
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PETRI:

13% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SALON 5.73 bits
8.9% →
ALOSE 5.36 bits
6.9% →
SONLY 5.06 bits
6.1% →
SOLAR 4.27 bits
5.9% →
ARSON 4.89 bits
5.0% →
SAUNT 5.26 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 5.04 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.47 bits
3.4% →
ANILE 4.48 bits
3.2% →
SCALE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1T1R1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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