5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PSORA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːɹ.ə/

Noun

A cutaneous disease, especially psoriasis, scabies, or mange.

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 PSORA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PSORA 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,909 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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 5th position P__R_ P in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _S__A S in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

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TILDE LANCE TRIED TONEY CADET STILE
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PSORA 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,909 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PSORA ranks #2,909 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
24%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
267
178
151
146
141
124
81
54
52
49
47
43
36
35
32
31
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26
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22
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PSORA:

14% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
11% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
TILDE 5.93 bits
11.3% →
LANCE 5.39 bits
7.5% →
TRIED 5.25 bits
6.4% →
TONEY 4.83 bits
6.2% →
CADET 4.63 bits
6.0% →
STILE 5.30 bits
5.3% →
STALE 5.06 bits
3.4% →
RONTE 4.37 bits
2.3% →
SUETE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3S1O1R1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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