5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PICEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PICEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PICEY 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,986 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SLANT SOLAR CRANE CHAIN
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PICEY 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
0.70 Volatility
#3,986 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PICEY ranks #3,986 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
343
177
172
165
131
94
83
59
50
49
47
36
34
31
27
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19
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PICEY:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
ROAST 6.05 bits
14.5% →
SLART 5.74 bits
7.5% →
ROAST 4.61 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.55 bits
7.0% →
SOLAR 4.79 bits
5.6% →
SLART 5.28 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.50 bits
3.5% →
CRANE 5.01 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.48 bits
2.1% →
CHAIN 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1C3E1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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