5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PSOAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.əs//ˈsoʊ.əs//ˈsoʊ.æs/

Noun

Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk.

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 PSOAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PSOAS 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,047 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _S__S S in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE CARLE RONTE SIENT THALE CRINE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PSOAS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,047 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PSOAS ranks #12,047 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
737
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
310
6 guesses
32
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

536
397
245
178
129
101
87
71
61
51
50
46
37
34
29
27
23
21
19
17
14
12
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11
10
9
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PSOAS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
17% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
TRINE 6.02 bits
16.8% →
CARLE 5.38 bits
10.4% →
RONTE 5.31 bits
7.5% →
SIENT 5.40 bits
5.5% →
THALE 4.92 bits
4.3% →
CRINE 4.49 bits
3.7% →
RENAL 4.58 bits
3.0% →
CAROL 4.47 bits
2.6% →
CRUET 3.98 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3S1O1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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