Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

PYATS

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

No dictionary definition for PYATS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use PYATS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How PYATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PYATS 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,265 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe PYATS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.72 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How PYATS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.67 Spread of game lengths
#2,265 Rank among openers
Opening with PYATS left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.67 means those games clustered within about 0.67 of a guess of the 3.62 average. It ranks #2,265 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

PYATS can come back 97 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

478 answers
258 answers
188 answers
155 answers
144 answers
107 answers
94 answers
84 answers
61 answers
51 answers
50 answers
50 answers
41 answers
40 answers
38 answers
34 answers
32 answers
30 answers
21 answers
20 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
16 answers
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14 answers
13 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3Y4A1T1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing PYATS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to PYATS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PYATS:

20% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
RIONE 6.06 bits
10.8% →
CARLE 5.41 bits
7.9% →
ROUET 5.48 bits
6.5% →
NOIRE 5.27 bits
6.0% →
DROLE 5.07 bits
4.5% →
DRICE 4.82 bits
3.9% →
RATEL 4.59 bits
3.5% →
ROUET 4.65 bits
2.6% →
RANDY 4.08 bits
2.1% →
SHULE 4.37 bits

Research on PYATS

Game-tree analysis and word research for PYATS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with PYATS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.69 guesses and ranks #4,099 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with PYATS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.62, at or below the proven-optimal 3.69, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).