5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

POESY

POESY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊɪzi//ˈpoʊɪzi/

Noun

A poem.

Noun

The art or composition of poetry.

Verb

To write or perform poetry.

Alternative forms: poesie, poësy

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 POESY performs as a guess

POESY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,336 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIL TALON DAILY SLANT CARNE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POESY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,336 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POESY ranks #5,336 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
19
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
40%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
V I N Y L
D O P E Y
P O E S Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches POESY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

413
316
169
128
115
96
86
83
72
58
48
47
41
40
40
35
32
30
30
29
28
25
18
16
15
15
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POESY:

18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
7% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
RAILE 5.55 bits
13.4% →
TRAIL 6.12 bits
7.2% →
TALON 5.04 bits
5.4% →
DAILY 4.19 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 5.05 bits
4.1% →
CARNE 4.23 bits
3.6% →
REATE 4.50 bits
3.5% →
CARET 4.49 bits
3.1% →
DRONE 4.40 bits
2.5% →
MOVER 3.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1E1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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