5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PITTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪtə/

Noun

Alternative spelling of pita.

Noun

Any passerine belonging to the taxonomic family Pittidae.

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 PITTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PITTA 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,027 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER CARLE CRINE CREST LEAST SOLED
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PITTA 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,027 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PITTA ranks #9,027 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
16
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
439
186
135
119
109
78
69
66
50
44
37
35
31
29
28
28
25
23
22
17
14
13
12
12
11
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PITTA:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
19% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SOLER 5.95 bits
18.6% →
CARLE 5.45 bits
7.9% →
CRINE 5.29 bits
5.7% →
CREST 5.47 bits
5.0% →
LEAST 4.83 bits
4.6% →
SOLED 4.63 bits
3.3% →
DRAIN 4.38 bits
2.9% →
SNORE 4.32 bits
2.8% →
SOLER 5.06 bits
2.1% →
CRUSE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1T1T1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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