5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POKEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊ.ki/

Adjective

Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped.

Adjective

Slow.

Noun

Prison.

Noun

A knife.

Alternative forms: poky

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 POKEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POKEY 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,695 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position PO_EY P in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLART TRAIL ARSON STAIR SLANT SNARE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POKEY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,695 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POKEY ranks #9,695 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
13
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
40%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
404
200
186
153
120
76
75
53
53
47
42
40
34
32
30
27
27
23
23
21
20
18
16
14
14
13
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POKEY:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
SLART 5.69 bits
17.1% →
TRAIL 6.15 bits
8.5% →
ARSON 5.24 bits
7.9% →
STAIR 4.69 bits
6.5% →
SLART 4.57 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 4.48 bits
3.2% →
SNARE 4.40 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 3.54 bits
2.2% →
SLART 5.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1K5E1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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