5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POUSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% 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 POUSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POUSY 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,057 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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 CRANE LEANT TRADE RANCE THALE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POUSY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,057 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POUSY ranks #5,057 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
38%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

633
211
178
141
121
118
70
61
52
52
52
51
47
36
34
32
28
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24
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POUSY:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
RAILE 6.11 bits
8.9% →
CRANE 5.34 bits
7.5% →
LEANT 5.46 bits
6.0% →
TRADE 4.88 bits
5.1% →
RANCE 4.81 bits
5.0% →
LEANT 5.05 bits
3.0% →
THALE 4.99 bits
2.6% →
TRACE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 3.80 bits
2.2% →
ARIEL 5.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1U1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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