5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PILOW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of pillow.

Noun

Obsolete 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 PILOW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PILOW 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,260 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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 4th position _I__W I in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

REAST RONTE CARSE TRINE SATED COATE
Words starting with P Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PILOW 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,260 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PILOW ranks #5,260 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
9
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:
ILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
23%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

579
274
220
210
103
82
81
78
67
49
45
44
41
40
29
29
26
23
22
22
21
15
15
14
13
13
13
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PILOW:

25% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
REAST 6.37 bits
11.6% →
RONTE 5.41 bits
9.3% →
CARSE 5.33 bits
8.9% →
TRINE 5.61 bits
4.4% →
SATED 4.56 bits
3.5% →
COATE 4.53 bits
3.4% →
GLACE 4.45 bits
3.3% →
STARE 5.46 bits
2.8% →
CATER 4.70 bits
2.1% →
WRATE 5.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1L1O1W4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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