5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

POLES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pəʊlz//poʊlz/

Noun

plural of pole

“The distance between the poles was three feet.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pole

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 POLES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POLES 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,291 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

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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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PO_ES P in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE STAIR BARON RAINY EATER
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POLES 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,291 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POLES ranks #1,291 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

301
268
144
131
130
119
105
103
96
50
45
44
42
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34
31
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POLES:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
TRAIN 5.97 bits
11.4% →
TIARE 5.55 bits
6.1% →
STAIR 5.28 bits
5.6% →
BARON 5.26 bits
5.5% →
RAINY 4.80 bits
5.0% →
EATER 4.42 bits
4.5% →
RAINY 4.11 bits
4.4% →
REATE 4.77 bits
4.1% →
STAIR 4.78 bits
2.1% →
DRONE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1L1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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