5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PYRIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Relating to, resulting from, or caused by burning.

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 PYRIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PYRIC 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,545 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__C Y in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STOAE STILE ALOSE HAOLE SNIDE
Words starting with P Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PYRIC 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,545 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PYRIC ranks #4,545 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
943
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
17
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:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
20%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
311
197
175
166
94
76
71
67
66
46
41
41
33
33
29
27
21
21
21
20
19
17
16
15
14
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PYRIC:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
SLATE 6.39 bits
13.2% →
STOAE 5.37 bits
8.4% →
STILE 5.42 bits
7.4% →
ALOSE 4.84 bits
7.0% →
HAOLE 5.59 bits
4.0% →
SNIDE 4.52 bits
3.2% →
CRATE 5.02 bits
3.0% →
SAUTE 4.96 bits
2.8% →
LEAST 4.82 bits
2.8% →
SALET 5.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3Y4R1I1C3
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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