5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PILAO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of pilaf.

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 PILAO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PILAO 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 88.5% of games, misses completely in 11.5%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,523 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___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

CRATE TRONE TERSE TRINE STANE SENTE
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PILAO 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
0.72 Volatility
#3,523 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PILAO ranks #3,523 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
953
4 guesses
1,099
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
AILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
25%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

312
273
271
160
113
101
88
78
70
69
60
52
40
40
34
33
28
23
22
22
22
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20
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14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PILAO:

13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TERSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
CRATE 5.64 bits
11.6% →
TRONE 5.38 bits
11.5% →
TERSE 6.02 bits
6.8% →
TRINE 5.54 bits
4.8% →
STANE 4.58 bits
4.3% →
SENTE 4.32 bits
3.7% →
SLEER 4.78 bits
3.3% →
COOER 4.08 bits
3.0% →
ACTOR 4.32 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1L1A1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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