5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PYLON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.lɒn//ˈpaɪ.lən/

Noun

A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.

Noun

A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.

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 PYLON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PYLON 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 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,100 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _Y__N Y in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE RAISE TORSE TIARE TARSE STARE
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PYLON 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
0.67 Volatility
#3,100 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PYLON ranks #3,100 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
948
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
16
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:
LNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
21%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
243
215
177
142
83
76
64
54
50
50
42
41
39
35
34
29
29
28
23
23
21
18
18
16
15
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PYLON:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
TRACE 6.42 bits
10.3% →
RAISE 5.32 bits
9.1% →
TORSE 5.45 bits
7.5% →
TIARE 5.54 bits
6.0% →
TARSE 5.19 bits
3.5% →
STARE 5.62 bits
3.2% →
COATE 4.38 bits
2.7% →
TRIDE 4.38 bits
2.3% →
TASER 4.54 bits
2.1% →
REAST 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3Y4L1O1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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