5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PNEUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% 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 PNEUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PNEUS 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,088 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__U_ P in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL REATE LAIRY ROAST CURLY SLART
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PNEUS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,088 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PNEUS ranks #6,088 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
218
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
21%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

414
394
166
158
115
103
101
73
53
49
47
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PNEUS:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
17% chance
Suggested:
REATE
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
CAROL 6.04 bits
16.7% →
REATE 5.47 bits
7.0% →
LAIRY 4.99 bits
6.7% →
ROAST 5.29 bits
4.9% →
CURLY 4.73 bits
4.4% →
SLART 4.98 bits
4.3% →
MOIRE 4.52 bits
3.1% →
TRADE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
ACUTE 4.20 bits
2.1% →
GAUNT 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3N1E1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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