5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POOAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% 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 POOAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POOAY 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 271 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,203 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE SLATE SIDLE CRUET TRICE TALER
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
271 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POOAY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,203 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POOAY ranks #11,203 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
770
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
28
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
3 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
42%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
448
132
132
116
101
90
85
76
54
47
43
40
29
25
22
18
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POOAY:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
19% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
TRINE 6.12 bits
19.0% →
SLATE 5.50 bits
5.6% →
SIDLE 4.59 bits
5.6% →
CRUET 4.86 bits
4.9% →
TRICE 4.64 bits
4.3% →
TALER 4.69 bits
3.8% →
SLART 3.97 bits
3.6% →
TENOR 5.14 bits
3.2% →
SLIER 5.33 bits
2.3% →
MANOR 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1O1A1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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