5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POTRO

POTRO 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

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 POTRO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POTRO 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,173 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__R_ P in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE LAIDE SAINE LEANY TRAIT SLIME
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POTRO 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,173 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POTRO ranks #7,173 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
14
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:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

598
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103
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41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POTRO:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
SLANE 6.20 bits
12.8% →
LAIDE 5.30 bits
10.6% →
SAINE 5.68 bits
4.7% →
SLANE 5.34 bits
4.4% →
LEANY 4.43 bits
3.9% →
TRAIT 4.83 bits
3.3% →
SLIME 5.13 bits
3.0% →
CRANE 4.27 bits
2.8% →
SEAMY 4.61 bits
2.4% →
LIANE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1T1R1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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