5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

POTTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒtəʊ/

Noun

A small primate of the genus Perodicticus, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa.

Noun

The kinkajou.

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 POTTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POTTO 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 59.1% of games, misses completely in 40.9%, and leaves about 471 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,848 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE RAISE CRANE CARLE LIANE SHARE
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.48 Entropy (bits)
471 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POTTO 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,848 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POTTO ranks #12,848 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
689
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
338
6 guesses
29

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
27%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

966
268
200
162
120
88
69
54
53
35
34
32
24
19
17
16
14
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POTTO:

41% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.9% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
11.4% →
RAISE 5.55 bits
8.5% →
CRANE 5.44 bits
6.9% →
CARLE 4.78 bits
5.1% →
RAISE 5.43 bits
3.7% →
LIANE 5.15 bits
2.9% →
SHARE 4.94 bits
2.3% →
SNORT 4.41 bits
2.2% →
CADRE 4.57 bits
1.5% →
SPARE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1T1T1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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