5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POTSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A children's game, similar to hopscotch, especially popular in New York.

Noun

The puck used in this game, usually made of a flattened tin can.

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 POTSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POTSY 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,029 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE CRANE LAIDE RANCE LIANE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POTSY 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,029 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POTSY ranks #2,029 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
969
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
172
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
37%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

545
215
181
149
142
110
80
65
58
52
47
47
45
41
33
33
30
27
26
24
23
20
17
16
14
14
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POTSY:

23% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
RAILE 6.28 bits
9.1% →
TIARE 5.66 bits
7.7% →
CRANE 5.42 bits
6.3% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
6.0% →
LAIDE 4.83 bits
4.7% →
RANCE 4.79 bits
3.4% →
LIANE 4.50 bits
2.8% →
CHARE 4.78 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 5.10 bits
2.2% →
CARLE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1T1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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