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POISE

Yes, POISE was the Wordle answer on December 24, 2022 (Wordle #553).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɔɪz/

Noun

A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

Noun

Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.

Verb

To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.

“I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.”

Verb

To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.

“The rock was poised precariously on the edge of the cliff.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 24, 2022 (#553).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How POISE performs as a guess

POISE 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 90.0% of games, misses completely in 10.0%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,945 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER TRULY ACTOR TRAIL CLARY STALK
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POISE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,945 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POISE ranks #2,945 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
15
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
44%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
P O I S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches POISE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

281
235
144
139
130
128
99
84
60
55
46
43
42
40
38
37
33
31
30
29
29
28
26
25
23
22
21
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POISE:

12% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
10% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
6% chance
Suggested:
ACTOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
ALTER 5.47 bits
10.0% →
TRULY 5.47 bits
6.1% →
ACTOR 5.01 bits
5.9% →
TRAIL 5.04 bits
5.5% →
CLARY 4.54 bits
5.4% →
CLARY 4.52 bits
4.2% →
STALK 4.91 bits
3.6% →
CLARY 4.71 bits
2.5% →
DINER 4.57 bits
2.3% →
STEER 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1I1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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