5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

POETS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊ.ɪts//ˈpəʊ.ɪts/

Noun

plural of poet

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 POETS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POETS 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,835 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PO_TS P in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CAIRN ACORN SHALY TAINT CLARY
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POETS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,835 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POETS ranks #1,835 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
14
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:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

338
310
135
125
116
106
97
85
65
61
58
53
41
38
34
33
32
31
31
30
29
27
25
21
21
21
18
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POETS:

14% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
6% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
RAILE 5.59 bits
13.1% →
CAIRN 5.96 bits
5.7% →
ACORN 5.22 bits
5.3% →
SHALY 5.01 bits
4.9% →
TAINT 5.14 bits
4.5% →
CLARY 4.60 bits
4.1% →
LEARE 4.84 bits
3.6% →
SAREE 4.78 bits
2.8% →
CREED 4.42 bits
2.6% →
DROLE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1E1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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