5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

POUCE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% 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 POUCE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POUCE 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,032 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__C_ P in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT ALTER SLART ARSON SNARY CAIRN
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POUCE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,032 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POUCE ranks #3,032 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
16
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:
EOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
342
174
160
112
98
70
58
50
46
43
43
41
38
37
36
36
32
32
32
25
25
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23
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18
18
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POUCE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SAINT 5.90 bits
14.5% →
ALTER 5.33 bits
7.4% →
SLART 5.29 bits
6.8% →
ARSON 5.38 bits
4.7% →
SLART 4.51 bits
4.2% →
SNARY 4.62 bits
3.0% →
CAIRN 4.87 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
2.1% →
SLART 4.67 bits
2.0% →
SLART 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1U1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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