5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PITSO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PITSO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PITSO 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,358 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___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE CRANE HEART CLADE TROUT STALE
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PITSO 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,358 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PITSO ranks #1,358 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
157
6 guesses
20
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:
IOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
26%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

457
286
173
140
118
83
72
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69
59
47
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PITSO:

19% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
CARLE 6.17 bits
12.1% →
CARLE 5.31 bits
7.3% →
CRANE 5.57 bits
5.9% →
HEART 5.40 bits
5.0% →
CARLE 5.11 bits
3.5% →
CLADE 4.36 bits
3.1% →
TROUT 4.39 bits
3.0% →
STALE 4.57 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
CARLE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1T1S1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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