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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

PSHAW

Yes, PSHAW was the Wordle answer on July 15, 2026 (Wordle #1852).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʃɔː//ˈʃɔː/

Interjection

Used to express disbelief, impatience, irritation, dismissal or contempt.

“Pshaw! I can't believe it!”

Verb

To dismiss something by saying “pshaw”.

Alternative forms: psshaw, pshah, psha

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 15, 2026 (#1852).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PSHAW performs as a guess

PSHAW 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 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,941 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE TRONE SUITE CONTE STALE CRONE
Words starting with P Words ending with W

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PSHAW 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,941 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PSHAW ranks #9,941 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
267
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
14%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
S Q U A D
P S H A W

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PSHAW in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

648
397
221
136
119
106
69
64
60
60
59
55
33
31
30
29
22
20
19
17
14
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6
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PSHAW:

27% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
SUITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.5% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
16.8% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
9.4% →
SUITE 5.45 bits
5.8% →
CONTE 5.41 bits
5.0% →
STALE 4.91 bits
4.5% →
CRONE 4.64 bits
2.9% →
DRONE 5.19 bits
2.7% →
TUILE 4.65 bits
2.5% →
ROUET 4.66 bits
2.5% →
TUILE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3S1H4A1W4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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