5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PSYCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /saɪk/

Noun

Clipping of psychiatry.

Noun

Clipping of psychology.

“I took psych in my freshman year at college.”

Verb

Clipping of psychoanalyse (“to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis”); also, to carry out psychological testing on (someone).

Verb

Chiefly followed by out: to analyse (something), especially psychologically; also (generally), to work out (something).

Alternative forms: psyche, sike, syke

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 PSYCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PSYCH 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 65.6% of games, misses completely in 34.4%, and leaves about 353 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,454 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___H P in the 1st position and H in the 5th position P__C_ P in the 1st position and C in the 4th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE LAIDE CANER RAINE LATER
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
353 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PSYCH 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,454 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PSYCH ranks #8,454 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
19
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
0 vowels
Common:
S

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
17%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

810
275
204
144
77
71
66
58
55
55
52
48
43
36
32
29
29
22
21
17
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9
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PSYCH:

34% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.4% →
ARIEL 6.20 bits
11.7% →
TIARE 5.69 bits
8.7% →
LAIDE 4.84 bits
6.1% →
CANER 5.50 bits
3.3% →
TIARE 5.52 bits
3.0% →
RAINE 5.14 bits
2.8% →
LATER 4.58 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 5.22 bits
2.3% →
FAIRE 4.54 bits
2.3% →
TIARE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3S1Y4C3H4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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