Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PIEZO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves etc., where pressing a button causes a small spring-loaded hammer to strike a crystal of PZT or quartz, creating a voltage which ignites the gas.

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 PIEZO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PIEZO 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 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,014 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PIEZO 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,014 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PIEZO ranks #11,014 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
749
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
373
319
201
156
129
119
90
57
55
45
35
35
33
26
24
22
21
15
14
13
12
10
9
9
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PIEZO:

17% chance
Suggested:
REATE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9%
REATE 5.66 bits
15.8%
SLART 5.86 bits
13.5%
SLART 5.23 bits
8.5%
SLANT 5.50 bits
6.6%
RONTE 4.62 bits
5.5%
SLART 5.15 bits
5.0%
TRINE 4.67 bits
3.8%
SALTY 4.37 bits
2.4%
SLART 5.11 bits
2.3%
RANSE 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1E1Z10O1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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