5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

PRIVY

PRIVY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪvi/

Adjective

With knowledge of; party to; let in on.

“He was privy to the discussions.”

Noun

An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).

Noun

A lavatory: a room with a toilet.

Adjective

Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.

“The king retreated to his privy chamber.”

Alternative forms: privie

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 PRIVY performs as a guess

PRIVY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,730 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__V_ P in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE ROATE SLADE LEANT CANOE SLANE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRIVY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,730 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRIVY ranks #7,730 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
15
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)
74%
Green tile
39%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
G U M B O
P R I V Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PRIVY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

624
301
179
172
141
133
82
70
54
43
41
33
33
27
23
22
21
20
19
19
18
18
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRIVY:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
SLATE 6.36 bits
12.8% →
ROATE 5.24 bits
7.6% →
SLADE 4.72 bits
7.3% →
LEANT 5.16 bits
6.0% →
CANOE 4.89 bits
5.6% →
SLANE 5.12 bits
3.5% →
SALET 5.24 bits
3.0% →
RINSE 4.38 bits
2.3% →
TARRE 4.33 bits
1.8% →
LEANT 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1V4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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