5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PILAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Relating to hair.

Adjective

Covered in hair; hairy.

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 PILAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PILAR 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #503 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STONE SCOTE CRATE STANE CONTE TOUSE
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PILAR 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#503 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PILAR ranks #503 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,080
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
227
205
133
132
132
103
79
76
60
52
51
43
40
35
34
31
25
25
23
23
22
22
22
21
19
19
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PILAR:

12% chance
Suggested:
STONE
10% chance
Suggested:
STONE
9% chance
Suggested:
SCOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
STONE 5.88 bits
9.6% →
STONE 5.21 bits
8.7% →
SCOTE 5.54 bits
5.6% →
STONE 5.36 bits
5.6% →
CRATE 4.81 bits
5.6% →
STONE 4.98 bits
4.4% →
STANE 4.62 bits
3.4% →
CONTE 4.38 bits
3.2% →
TOUSE 3.84 bits
2.5% →
TRIBE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1L1A1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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