5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POORI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of puri (“type of unleavened bread”).

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 POORI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POORI 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,992 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___I P in the 1st position and I in the 5th position P__R_ P in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__I O in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE LEANT TEASE DIANE SLANT LEAST
Words starting with P Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POORI 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,992 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POORI ranks #8,992 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
27
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:
IOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
323
281
129
121
83
72
70
67
61
52
47
39
34
33
26
25
25
22
21
21
19
13
12
11
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POORI:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
12% chance
Suggested:
TEASE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SLATE 6.34 bits
13.7% →
LEANT 5.35 bits
11.9% →
TEASE 5.36 bits
5.5% →
DIANE 4.66 bits
5.1% →
LEANT 4.63 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.99 bits
3.1% →
LEAST 5.16 bits
3.0% →
THALE 4.70 bits
2.8% →
TALON 5.07 bits
2.6% →
CASTE 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1O1R1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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