5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

PINEY

Yes, PINEY was the Wordle answer on November 1, 2022 (Wordle #500).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of piny.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 1, 2022 (#500).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PINEY performs as a guess

PINEY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,635 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SOLAR SORAL CAROL COAST
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PINEY 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
0.71 Volatility
#3,635 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PINEY ranks #3,635 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
19
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
P I N E Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PINEY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

369
355
155
155
148
120
78
70
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44
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PINEY:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
ROAST 6.06 bits
15.1% →
SLART 5.83 bits
6.6% →
SOLAR 4.84 bits
6.6% →
ROAST 4.53 bits
6.3% →
SLART 5.39 bits
5.1% →
ROAST 5.19 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.43 bits
3.0% →
ROAST 4.49 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.49 bits
2.5% →
SORAL 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1N1E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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