5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PILED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /paɪld/

Verb

simple past and past participle of pile

Adjective

Formed from a pile or fagot.

“piled iron”

Adjective

Having a pile or point; pointed.

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 PILED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PILED 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,343 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___D P in the 1st position and D in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST COAST SAINT SLATE TRINE SHART
Words starting with P Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PILED 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,343 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PILED ranks #1,343 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
12
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
286
154
147
135
103
70
63
61
59
58
57
44
36
32
30
29
26
23
18
17
17
17
17
17
16
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PILED:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
ROAST 6.11 bits
12.1% →
ROAST 5.74 bits
6.5% →
COAST 5.32 bits
6.2% →
SAINT 5.51 bits
5.7% →
ROAST 4.62 bits
4.4% →
SLATE 4.71 bits
3.0% →
TRINE 4.77 bits
2.7% →
SHART 4.37 bits
2.6% →
SLART 4.38 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1L1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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