5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

POOVY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

homosexual; poofy

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 POOVY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POOVY 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 55.4% of games, misses completely in 44.6%, and leaves about 529 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,912 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__V_ P in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SLART CRUET CRATE MANOR STARE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.35 Entropy (bits)
529 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POOVY 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,912 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POOVY ranks #13,912 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
633
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
407
6 guesses
22
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:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
39%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1052
225
145
138
128
128
79
57
47
32
28
25
25
20
19
17
15
13
12
12
12
12
10
8
8
8
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POOVY:

45% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART
6% chance
Suggested:
CRUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.6% →
TIARE 6.19 bits
9.5% →
SLART 4.73 bits
6.1% →
CRUET 4.85 bits
5.9% →
CRATE 4.97 bits
5.4% →
MANOR 5.19 bits
5.4% →
STARE 5.62 bits
3.4% →
LIANE 5.16 bits
2.4% →
RAILE 5.09 bits
2.0% →
DROLE 3.26 bits
1.4% →
CARLE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1O1V4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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