5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PILER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who piles something

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 PILER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PILER 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 87.9% of games, misses completely in 12.1%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #831 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAUNT TEASE COAST COATE SAINT SLATE
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PILER 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#831 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PILER ranks #831 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
999
4 guesses
1,076
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
31%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

285
197
196
144
141
118
100
80
62
62
58
55
52
36
36
34
31
28
26
25
24
24
23
22
19
18
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PILER:

12% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.1% →
SAUNT 5.85 bits
8.4% →
TEASE 5.46 bits
8.3% →
COAST 5.61 bits
6.1% →
COATE 4.79 bits
6.0% →
COAST 5.28 bits
5.0% →
SAINT 5.50 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 4.72 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 3.52 bits
2.6% →
SAINT 4.50 bits
2.6% →
MIDST 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1L1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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