5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PISTE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɪst//piːst/

Noun

A downhill trail.

“They were skiing on the piste.”

Noun

The field of play of a fencing match.

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 PISTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PISTE 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #795 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RENAL GLARE CAIRN CLARY TALON
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PISTE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#795 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PISTE ranks #795 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
982
4 guesses
1,103
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
35%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
254
145
133
122
111
101
63
61
52
51
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PISTE:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
11% chance
Suggested:
RENAL
6% chance
Suggested:
GLARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
CAROL 5.96 bits
10.8% →
RENAL 5.37 bits
6.1% →
GLARE 4.57 bits
5.6% →
CAIRN 5.35 bits
5.2% →
CLARY 5.01 bits
4.7% →
TALON 5.02 bits
4.3% →
ALTER 4.66 bits
2.7% →
ROAST 4.63 bits
2.6% →
SORAL 4.13 bits
2.2% →
COALY 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1S1T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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