5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POMAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Poma

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 POMAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POMAS 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,615 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE SIENT TRONE THALE TALER SNORT
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POMAS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,615 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POMAS ranks #4,615 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
208
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

476
334
174
147
143
130
78
66
58
52
45
43
42
33
33
29
27
25
20
18
17
16
16
16
15
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POMAS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TRINE 6.04 bits
14.2% →
TRINE 5.44 bits
7.4% →
SIENT 5.43 bits
6.2% →
TRINE 5.26 bits
6.1% →
TRONE 4.40 bits
5.5% →
THALE 5.01 bits
3.3% →
TALER 4.67 bits
2.8% →
TALER 4.42 bits
2.5% →
SNORT 4.18 bits
2.2% →
RAINE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1M3A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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