5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PYREX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.

Noun

Any borosilicate glass.

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 PYREX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PYREX 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,111 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___X P in the 1st position and X in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT TRAIN SAULT TRACE STAIR
Words starting with P Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PYREX 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,111 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PYREX ranks #11,111 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
759
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
22
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

512
381
240
195
145
137
98
57
55
43
39
38
37
36
26
25
24
21
20
16
14
14
14
13
12
11
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PYREX:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
SAINT 6.15 bits
16.2% →
SLANT 5.59 bits
10.2% →
TRAIN 5.32 bits
8.3% →
SAULT 4.72 bits
6.1% →
TRACE 4.94 bits
5.8% →
STAIR 3.58 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.65 bits
2.4% →
COAST 4.77 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.67 bits
1.8% →
SLANT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3Y4R1E1X8
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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