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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PITHY

Yes, PITHY was the Wordle answer on November 14, 2021 (Wordle #148).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪθi/

Adjective

Concise and meaningful.

Adjective

Of, like, or abounding in pith; spongy or having small holes or pits.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 14, 2021 (#148).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PITHY performs as a guess

PITHY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.7% of games, misses completely in 27.3%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,309 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__H_ P in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE RANSE ALINE DROLE CARSE SNARE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PITHY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,309 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PITHY ranks #6,309 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
30%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
D E P T H
P I T H Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PITHY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

644
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54
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PITHY:

27% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RANSE
9% chance
Suggested:
ALINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.3% →
SOARE 5.99 bits
10.1% →
RANSE 5.63 bits
9.0% →
ALINE 5.33 bits
7.6% →
DROLE 4.84 bits
5.9% →
CARSE 5.82 bits
3.7% →
RANSE 4.83 bits
3.7% →
SNARE 4.66 bits
3.2% →
SPAER 5.31 bits
2.8% →
TORSE 4.98 bits
2.3% →
ALONE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1T1H4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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