5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

POSHO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒʃəʊ//ˈpɔːʃɔː/

Adjective

Posh.

Noun

A posh person.

Noun

A food product made of cornmeal.

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 POSHO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POSHO 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 63.8% of games, misses completely in 36.2%, and leaves about 382 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,988 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__H_ P in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE ALONE CARTE MARLE ALINE
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
382 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POSHO 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,988 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POSHO ranks #10,988 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
23%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

853
250
185
150
145
82
76
68
68
48
47
34
32
31
21
20
18
18
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14
10
10
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9
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6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POSHO:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
ALONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.2% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
10.6% →
STALE 5.58 bits
7.8% →
ALONE 5.27 bits
6.4% →
CARTE 5.74 bits
6.1% →
MARLE 4.77 bits
3.5% →
ALINE 5.18 bits
3.2% →
SERAL 4.67 bits
2.9% →
ARIEL 5.18 bits
2.9% →
ARIEL 4.60 bits
2.0% →
TIARE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1S1H4O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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