5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PISKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪski/

Noun

Alternative form of pixie (“supernatural being”).

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 PISKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PISKY 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 323 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,712 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__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

Try next

ROATE STARE CRANE DROLE RONTE CARLE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
323 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PISKY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,712 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PISKY ranks #8,712 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
808
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
29%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

745
269
249
179
112
71
64
63
56
51
29
28
27
26
23
21
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PISKY:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
ROATE 6.16 bits
11.4% →
STARE 5.71 bits
10.6% →
CRANE 5.48 bits
7.6% →
DROLE 4.93 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 4.80 bits
3.0% →
CARLE 5.15 bits
2.7% →
LEANT 4.64 bits
2.7% →
CRATE 5.31 bits
2.4% →
LATER 4.64 bits
2.2% →
CARNE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1S1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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