5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

POODS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pood

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 POODS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POODS 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 363 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,988 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__D_ P in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE ARIEL CARLE MANOR CRATE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.83 Entropy (bits)
363 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POODS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,988 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POODS ranks #8,988 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
30%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

806
331
175
139
115
83
80
77
69
49
39
33
32
23
21
19
17
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9
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POODS:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
14.0% →
STALE 5.62 bits
7.4% →
ARIEL 5.59 bits
5.9% →
CARLE 4.76 bits
4.9% →
MANOR 5.36 bits
3.5% →
CRATE 4.77 bits
3.4% →
LIANE 5.21 bits
3.3% →
ARIEL 5.13 bits
2.9% →
CARET 4.79 bits
2.1% →
REACT 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1O1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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