5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

PUSHY

PUSHY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 85.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʊʃ.i/

Adjective

Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 PUSHY performs as a guess

PUSHY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 340 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,232 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__H_ P in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TALER CARTE TRONE STRAE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
340 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUSHY 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
0.71 Volatility
#8,232 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUSHY ranks #8,232 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
21
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
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
28%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
H U S K Y
B U S H Y
P U S H Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PUSHY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

799
230
190
150
132
79
78
66
65
58
55
34
31
26
26
21
17
16
16
15
14
14
14
14
13
11
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUSHY:

34% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
ARIEL 6.18 bits
9.8% →
TIARE 5.63 bits
8.1% →
TALER 4.87 bits
6.4% →
CARTE 5.81 bits
5.6% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
3.4% →
STRAE 4.74 bits
3.3% →
TARGE 4.69 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.59 bits
2.8% →
ALINE 5.12 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 5.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1S1H4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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