5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PETTI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛt.ɪ/

Noun

A petticoat.

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 PETTI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PETTI 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,940 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__I E in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SOLAR SNAIL LEARE SNORT SNIDE
Words starting with P Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PETTI 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,940 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PETTI ranks #9,940 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
24%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

506
373
231
136
135
130
95
81
62
47
40
37
32
26
26
24
24
24
21
21
19
19
18
15
14
12
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PETTI:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
16% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
10% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
CAROL 5.92 bits
15.8% →
SOLAR 5.38 bits
9.8% →
SNAIL 4.96 bits
5.8% →
LEARE 4.58 bits
5.7% →
SNORT 5.27 bits
5.5% →
SNIDE 4.65 bits
4.0% →
SLEER 4.87 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.29 bits
2.6% →
SHARP 4.63 bits
2.0% →
SAREE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1T1T1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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