5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POKIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊki/

Noun

Synonym of poker machine, an electronic game of chance played for money, especially slot machines.

Noun

Any of several species of arboreal tarantula in the genus Poecilotheria.

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 POKIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POKIE 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,394 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER SLART SLATY ARSON SALTY SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POKIE 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
0.70 Volatility
#6,394 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POKIE ranks #6,394 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
16
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:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
39%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

325
311
180
175
174
152
82
81
76
66
53
47
46
41
38
33
32
29
27
24
20
20
19
19
18
17
16
16
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POKIE:

14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
ALTER 5.43 bits
13.2% →
SLART 5.87 bits
7.6% →
SLATY 5.08 bits
7.4% →
ARSON 5.22 bits
7.4% →
SLART 5.19 bits
6.4% →
SALTY 4.37 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.79 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.27 bits
3.2% →
DINER 4.84 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1K5I1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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