5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PSYOP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.ɒp/

Noun

An instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a clandestine sort.

Noun

A psychological operative; a person who participates in psychological operations.

Verb

To manipulate or influence someone's thoughts, emotions, or behavior in a surreptitious or strategic way.

Alternative forms: psy-op

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 PSYOP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PSYOP 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 393 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,287 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___P P in the 1st position and P in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

RAILE STARE RONTE RAINE STORE TALER
Words starting with P Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.53 Entropy (bits)
393 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PSYOP 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,287 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PSYOP ranks #13,287 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
676
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
340
6 guesses
35
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
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
15%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

812
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43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PSYOP:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
13% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.4% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
13.3% →
STARE 5.59 bits
13.1% →
RONTE 5.31 bits
8.3% →
RAINE 4.83 bits
4.2% →
STORE 4.69 bits
3.8% →
TALER 4.96 bits
2.6% →
DROLE 3.99 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 5.04 bits
2.1% →
SAULT 4.35 bits
1.8% →
TALER 5.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3S1Y4O1P3
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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