5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PIGHT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /paɪt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of pitch

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 PIGHT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PIGHT 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 272 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,381 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__H_ P in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SOARE ANILE CARSE SERAL ALURE
Words starting with P Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
272 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PIGHT 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,381 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PIGHT ranks #5,381 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
26%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

693
190
189
154
119
114
92
86
68
67
51
45
43
38
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25
21
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PIGHT:

29% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
CARLE 6.13 bits
8.1% →
SOARE 5.67 bits
8.0% →
ANILE 5.26 bits
6.5% →
CARSE 5.83 bits
5.0% →
SERAL 5.28 bits
4.8% →
ALURE 5.40 bits
3.9% →
SOLED 4.56 bits
3.6% →
SPAER 5.38 bits
2.9% →
ROATE 4.81 bits
2.8% →
ALONE 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1G2H4T1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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