5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PICOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.

Verb

To do this kind of embroidery.

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 PICOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PICOT 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,239 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___T P in the 1st position and T in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SERAL DROLE SNARE TARTE CRANE SANED
Words starting with P Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PICOT 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,239 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PICOT ranks #1,239 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,104
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
234
180
152
126
85
81
73
67
62
60
52
46
45
40
32
31
26
24
22
21
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17
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15
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15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PICOT:

21% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
10% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SERAL 6.11 bits
9.9% →
DROLE 5.25 bits
7.6% →
SNARE 5.50 bits
6.4% →
TARTE 5.69 bits
5.3% →
CRANE 5.50 bits
3.6% →
SANED 4.64 bits
3.4% →
SERAL 5.23 bits
3.1% →
RUOTE 4.37 bits
2.8% →
SAYER 5.19 bits
2.6% →
MARLE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1C3O1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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