5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRIMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

in its prime

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 PRIMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRIMY 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,809 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__M_ P in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE STOAE LEANT SALET COATE MOTEL
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRIMY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,809 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRIMY ranks #3,809 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
14
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:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
39%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

579
281
160
157
138
130
84
73
65
53
47
40
39
32
28
26
20
19
18
18
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRIMY:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
12% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
SLANE 6.34 bits
11.9% →
STOAE 5.37 bits
6.8% →
LEANT 5.15 bits
6.7% →
SALET 4.88 bits
5.9% →
COATE 5.05 bits
5.5% →
SLANE 5.12 bits
3.6% →
MOTEL 5.19 bits
3.1% →
RIDER 4.43 bits
2.8% →
SPELT 5.11 bits
2.2% →
TARRE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1M3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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