5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PITAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pita

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 PITAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PITAS 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,344 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PI_AS P in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE GLARE CRINE SHOER TROUT TRONE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PITAS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,344 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PITAS ranks #1,344 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
287
140
122
109
90
86
85
75
74
62
61
47
45
40
36
35
30
30
29
25
23
21
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18
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17
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PITAS:

17% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
12% chance
Suggested:
GLARE
6% chance
Suggested:
CRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
DROLE 5.97 bits
12.2% →
GLARE 5.37 bits
5.9% →
CRINE 5.36 bits
5.2% →
SHOER 5.18 bits
4.6% →
TROUT 5.28 bits
3.8% →
TRONE 4.61 bits
3.6% →
SHALE 4.76 bits
3.6% →
DROLE 4.72 bits
3.2% →
RENAL 4.66 bits
3.1% →
ROUET 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1T1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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