5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PITON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpiːˌtɒn/

Noun

A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).

Verb

To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing.

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 PITON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PITON 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #741 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SERAL SHORT SHALE SHARE FALSE
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PITON 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
0.68 Volatility
#741 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PITON ranks #741 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
996
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
11
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:
INOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
27%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

486
224
187
148
120
82
77
72
70
58
55
48
46
44
43
34
28
28
27
27
22
21
20
19
18
18
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PITON:

21% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SERAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
CARLE 6.17 bits
9.5% →
CARLE 5.28 bits
7.9% →
SERAL 5.66 bits
6.3% →
CARLE 5.48 bits
5.1% →
CARLE 5.19 bits
3.5% →
SHORT 4.57 bits
3.3% →
SHALE 5.23 bits
3.1% →
SHARE 4.69 bits
3.0% →
FALSE 4.48 bits
2.5% →
SARGE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1T1O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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