5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POWIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% 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 POWIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POWIE 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 85.4% of games, misses completely in 14.6%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,624 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER SLATY ACTOR STARY SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POWIE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,624 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POWIE ranks #5,624 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
11
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:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
39%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

345
319
189
179
171
138
81
74
72
55
48
39
37
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32
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POWIE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.6% →
SLART 5.84 bits
13.5% →
ALTER 5.47 bits
8.0% →
SLATY 5.04 bits
7.6% →
SLART 5.14 bits
7.3% →
ACTOR 5.08 bits
5.9% →
STARY 4.52 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.25 bits
3.1% →
DINER 4.78 bits
2.3% →
SLART 5.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1W4I1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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