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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

PIQUI

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

No dictionary definition for PIQUI is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 74.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PIQUI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PIQUI 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 53.7% of games, misses completely in 46.3%, and leaves about 607 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,755 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.04 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

P___I P in the 1st position and I in the 5th position P__U_ P in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in PIQUI.

First-turn measures

All four describe PIQUI used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

2.83 Entropy (bits)
607 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.4% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How PIQUI 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.

4.04 Avg guesses
99.79% Solved within six
0.75 Spread of game lengths
#14,755 Rank among openers
Opening with PIQUI left 5 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.75 means those games clustered within about 0.75 of a guess of the 4.04 average. It ranks #14,755 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
505
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
523
6 guesses
54
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
IU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
18%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

PIQUI can come back 36 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

1100 answers
323 answers
265 answers
164 answers
124 answers
74 answers
64 answers
38 answers
38 answers
25 answers
25 answers
24 answers
17 answers
16 answers
13 answers
10 answers
9 answers
7 answers
7 answers
5 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers
2 answers
2 answers
2 answers
2 answers
1 answer
1 answer
1 answer

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1Q10U1I1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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

Try next

ROATE TRINE STURE RONTE TARSE TORSE

Strategy after playing PIQUI

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to PIQUI.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PIQUI:

46% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
STURE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.3% →
ROATE 6.02 bits
13.6% →
TRINE 5.43 bits
11.2% →
STURE 4.95 bits
6.9% →
RONTE 4.79 bits
5.2% →
TARSE 5.50 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 5.08 bits
2.7% →
TORSE 4.77 bits
1.6% →
CUTIE 4.21 bits
1.6% →
SPITE 4.37 bits
1.1% →
SLYER 3.94 bits

Research on PIQUI

Game-tree analysis and word research for PIQUI, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with PIQUI, a proven-optimal strategy averages 4.03 guesses and ranks #14,746 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 4.19 guesses at best and is rank #7,370 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 4.04; proven optimal play reaches 4.03. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it PEEKEE. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.