5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PINNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪni/

Noun

A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes.

Noun

A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.

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 PINNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PINNY 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 62.7% of games, misses completely in 37.3%, and leaves about 398 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,070 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRACE SORAL STARE SALET ROAST
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.76 Entropy (bits)
398 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PINNY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,070 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PINNY ranks #10,070 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
274
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
36%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

879
242
203
132
118
100
86
57
54
54
42
31
31
27
23
21
20
20
17
15
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10
10
10
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5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PINNY:

37% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.3% →
ROATE 6.15 bits
10.3% →
TRACE 5.42 bits
8.6% →
SORAL 4.81 bits
5.6% →
SORAL 5.20 bits
5.0% →
STARE 5.63 bits
4.2% →
SALET 4.64 bits
3.6% →
ROAST 4.81 bits
2.4% →
REAST 4.64 bits
2.3% →
CARTE 4.74 bits
2.3% →
CARSE 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1N1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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