5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PINKO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋkəʊ//ˈpɪŋkoʊ/

Noun

A socialist, particularly one who is not completely communist.

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 PINKO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PINKO 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,314 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

REAST TALER CRATE SATER SALET LEAST
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PINKO 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,314 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PINKO ranks #7,314 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
22%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

646
334
199
115
112
102
96
87
52
49
49
34
30
28
27
27
27
24
24
23
18
18
17
15
12
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PINKO:

27% chance
Suggested:
REAST
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
REAST 6.31 bits
14.2% →
TALER 5.24 bits
8.4% →
CRATE 5.48 bits
4.9% →
SATER 5.27 bits
4.7% →
SALET 4.70 bits
4.3% →
LEAST 5.45 bits
4.1% →
SARED 4.56 bits
3.7% →
STAGE 4.64 bits
2.2% →
SLATE 5.06 bits
2.1% →
CASER 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1N1K5O1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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