5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POWLT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% 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 POWLT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POWLT 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,946 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___T P in the 1st position and T in the 5th position P__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE RAINE CRANE SIREN RANCE SAINE
Words starting with P Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POWLT 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
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,946 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POWLT ranks #2,946 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
956
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
8
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
33%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

571
229
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161
117
114
85
82
57
53
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47
36
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33
28
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POWLT:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
RAISE 6.19 bits
9.7% →
RAINE 5.35 bits
8.7% →
RAISE 5.59 bits
6.8% →
CRANE 5.60 bits
5.0% →
SIREN 5.18 bits
4.8% →
RANCE 4.78 bits
3.6% →
RAISE 4.75 bits
3.5% →
RAISE 5.34 bits
2.4% →
SAINE 4.83 bits
2.2% →
ARISE 5.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1W4L1T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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