5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POTTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pott

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 POTTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POTTS 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 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,241 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___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 CRANE TIARE CARLE LEAST ALINE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POTTS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,241 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POTTS ranks #7,241 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
19
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
27%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

713
231
199
179
159
87
74
64
55
47
46
45
36
28
25
24
23
21
20
15
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POTTS:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
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
9.8% →
RAILE 5.46 bits
8.4% →
CRANE 5.42 bits
7.6% →
TIARE 5.54 bits
6.7% →
CARLE 4.69 bits
3.7% →
LEAST 4.58 bits
3.1% →
ALINE 5.16 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 5.11 bits
2.3% →
SPARE 4.78 bits
2.0% →
CADRE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1T1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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