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Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PSOAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of psoas

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 PSOAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PSOAE 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 91.0% of games, misses completely in 9.0%, and leaves about 103 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,817 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _S__E S in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

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DETER TRULY TRAIN DONUT TUILE SHUNT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
103 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PSOAE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,817 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PSOAE ranks #3,817 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
887
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
37%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

219
212
207
143
105
105
101
95
89
80
73
66
62
47
45
42
39
35
29
24
24
23
22
22
22
22
21
21
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PSOAE:

9% chance
Suggested:
DETER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.3% →
DETER 5.59 bits
9.0% →
TRULY 5.36 bits
8.8% →
TRAIN 5.09 bits
6.1% →
DONUT 4.86 bits
4.5% →
TUILE 4.57 bits
4.5% →
SHUNT 4.92 bits
4.3% →
TALER 4.55 bits
4.0% →
SHALT 4.70 bits
3.8% →
GLARE 3.85 bits
3.4% →
MOWER 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3S1O1A1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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