5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

POMOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 POMOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POMOS 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 62.4% of games, misses completely in 37.6%, and leaves about 414 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,624 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PO_OS P in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, O in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE CRANE CARLE LIANE CARET
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
414 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POMOS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,624 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POMOS ranks #10,624 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
788
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
26%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

888
325
152
144
102
83
65
63
56
53
32
31
30
26
19
18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POMOS:

38% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
STALE
6% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.6% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
13.8% →
STALE 5.61 bits
6.4% →
CRANE 5.32 bits
6.1% →
CARLE 4.73 bits
4.3% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
3.5% →
LIANE 5.20 bits
2.8% →
CARET 4.73 bits
2.7% →
ARIEL 5.19 bits
2.4% →
TALER 4.70 bits
2.2% →
REACT 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1M3O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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