5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

PIANO

Yes, PIANO was the Wordle answer on November 21, 2023 (Wordle #885).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpjænəʊ//piˈænəʊ//piˈænoʊ/

Noun

A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.

“The piano in his house takes up a lot of space.”

Verb

To play the piano.

Verb

To move (the fingers) up and down on, similar to the motions of a pianist playing the piano.

Adverb

Softly, as a dynamic in a piece of music.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 21, 2023 (#885).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PIANO performs as a guess

PIANO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,570 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

P___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLEER TORSE TALER STURE TRUCE SATED
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PIANO 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,570 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PIANO ranks #3,570 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
21
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
3 vowels
Common:
AINO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G U A N O
P I A N O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PIANO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

290
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251
178
154
99
74
65
62
55
52
49
39
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PIANO:

12% chance
Suggested:
SLEER
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.3% →
SLEER 5.81 bits
11.5% →
TORSE 5.35 bits
10.6% →
TALER 5.58 bits
7.5% →
STURE 5.00 bits
6.5% →
TRUCE 5.38 bits
4.2% →
SATED 4.20 bits
3.1% →
ACTOR 4.24 bits
2.8% →
COREY 4.28 bits
2.6% →
SETER 4.65 bits
2.3% →
SAMEL 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1A1N1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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