5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POEMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.ɪmz//ˈpoʊ.əmz//poʊmz/

Noun

plural of poem

Alternative forms: poëms, pœems

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 POEMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POEMS 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,200 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__M_ P in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIL SAULT ACORN CLARY REATE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POEMS 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
0.69 Volatility
#6,200 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POEMS ranks #6,200 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

405
395
177
156
117
110
88
66
52
50
47
47
39
39
38
32
30
25
25
25
24
19
19
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16
14
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POEMS:

17% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
RAILE 5.50 bits
16.7% →
TRAIL 5.98 bits
7.5% →
SAULT 5.38 bits
6.6% →
ACORN 5.14 bits
5.0% →
CLARY 4.45 bits
4.7% →
REATE 5.00 bits
3.7% →
TALER 4.42 bits
2.8% →
DRONE 4.34 bits
2.2% →
RANCE 3.59 bits
2.1% →
REATE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1E1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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