5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PICHI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A small armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), native to Argentina, which is the only armadillo known to hibernate.

Alternative forms: pichey

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 PICHI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PICHI 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 59.1% of games, misses completely in 40.9%, and leaves about 471 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,822 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__H_ P in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE SNARE CRANE TARSE SOLDE STARE
Words starting with P Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.39 Entropy (bits)
471 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PICHI 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,822 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PICHI ranks #12,822 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
696
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
328
6 guesses
25
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
2 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
17%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

965
266
179
173
121
109
81
77
53
36
34
33
22
21
18
13
13
12
10
10
9
7
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PICHI:

41% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.9% →
ROATE 6.07 bits
11.3% →
SNARE 5.42 bits
7.6% →
CRANE 5.75 bits
7.3% →
TARSE 5.95 bits
5.1% →
SOLDE 4.65 bits
4.6% →
STARE 5.53 bits
3.4% →
ORATE 4.86 bits
3.3% →
COATE 4.55 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 4.15 bits
1.5% →
EARLY 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1C3H4I1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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