5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PICCY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪki/

Noun

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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 PICCY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PICCY 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 62.2% of games, misses completely in 37.8%, and leaves about 419 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,795 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__C_ P in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE SNARE SORAL SOARE RONTE SATER
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.60 Entropy (bits)
419 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PICCY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,795 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PICCY ranks #12,795 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
721
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
32
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
33%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

892
285
220
138
116
103
83
61
45
35
32
31
25
24
21
21
21
20
18
15
12
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11
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5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PICCY:

38% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.8% →
ROATE 6.15 bits
12.1% →
SNARE 5.43 bits
9.3% →
SORAL 4.77 bits
5.9% →
SOARE 5.83 bits
4.9% →
RONTE 4.88 bits
4.4% →
SATER 5.43 bits
3.5% →
THALE 4.93 bits
2.6% →
RANSE 4.99 bits
1.9% →
CANER 4.36 bits
1.5% →
SIDLE 3.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1C3C3Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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