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

PINKY

Yes, PINKY was the Wordle answer on March 6, 2023 (Wordle #625).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋki/

Adjective

Pinkish.

Noun

A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc.

Noun

A white person.

Adjective

winking

Alternative forms: pinkie

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: March 6, 2023 (#625).

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

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How PINKY performs as a guess

PINKY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 66.3% of games, misses completely in 33.7%, and leaves about 339 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,613 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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ROATE TARSE SORAL SOARE STARE SALET
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
339 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PINKY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,613 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PINKY ranks #9,613 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
31%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
P O U N D
P I N K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PINKY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

796
218
185
184
112
99
93
66
57
50
34
29
27
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PINKY:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.7% →
ROATE 6.20 bits
9.2% →
TARSE 5.36 bits
7.8% →
SORAL 4.85 bits
7.8% →
SOARE 5.47 bits
4.7% →
STARE 5.62 bits
4.2% →
SALET 4.64 bits
3.9% →
GRATE 4.63 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.86 bits
2.4% →
CARTE 4.79 bits
2.1% →
CARSE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1N1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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