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Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

POTAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 POTAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POTAE 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 91.2% of games, misses completely in 8.8%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,315 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SURLY SNARL SLIER SEINE SCORN SLART
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POTAE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,315 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POTAE ranks #2,315 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
17
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
42%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

208
204
193
106
104
103
97
91
80
77
71
61
43
41
41
40
38
37
36
32
29
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27
26
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18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POTAE:

9% chance
Suggested:
SURLY
9% chance
Suggested:
SNARL
8% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.8% →
SURLY 5.48 bits
8.7% →
SNARL 5.00 bits
8.2% →
SLIER 5.17 bits
4.5% →
SEINE 4.48 bits
4.4% →
SCORN 4.90 bits
4.4% →
SLART 4.02 bits
4.1% →
SHIRT 5.09 bits
3.9% →
MOLDY 3.89 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.71 bits
3.3% →
RESET 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1T1A1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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