5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PONTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm.

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 PONTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PONTO 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 70.1% of games, misses completely in 29.9%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,807 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE RAISE CARLE SHARE CADIE SAINT
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PONTO 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,807 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PONTO ranks #7,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

704
271
181
126
120
107
83
80
69
67
65
53
34
34
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25
19
14
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PONTO:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
11.5% →
RAISE 5.58 bits
7.7% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
5.3% →
CARLE 5.11 bits
5.1% →
CARLE 4.87 bits
4.5% →
RAISE 5.45 bits
3.5% →
SHARE 4.95 bits
3.4% →
CADIE 4.74 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.66 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1N1T1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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