5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POSTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pəʊsts//poʊsts/

Noun

plural of post

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of post

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 POSTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POSTS 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,685 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PO_TS P in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE CRANE ALURE CARLE REAST
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POSTS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,685 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POSTS ranks #8,685 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
26%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

713
242
199
189
159
94
74
65
64
54
52
38
36
24
23
23
21
16
16
15
14
14
13
13
13
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POSTS:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
RAILE 6.30 bits
10.3% →
TIARE 5.55 bits
8.4% →
CRANE 5.42 bits
8.0% →
ALURE 5.31 bits
6.7% →
CARLE 4.69 bits
4.0% →
REAST 4.58 bits
3.1% →
ALINE 5.16 bits
2.8% →
RAILE 4.79 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 5.11 bits
2.3% →
ARIEL 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1S1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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