5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PYXED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of pyx

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 PYXED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PYXED 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 342 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,026 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___D P in the 1st position and D in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__D Y in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SLART SOLAR GEARE ALURE SORAL
Words starting with P Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.69 Entropy (bits)
342 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PYXED 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,026 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PYXED ranks #13,026 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
644
4 guesses
1,340
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
18
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:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

688
466
201
201
80
79
68
57
53
52
51
44
37
28
24
24
21
20
16
16
15
12
10
9
7
6
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PYXED:

29% chance
Suggested:
COAST
20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
COAST 6.01 bits
19.8% →
SLART 5.69 bits
8.5% →
SOLAR 4.64 bits
8.5% →
SOLAR 4.90 bits
3.4% →
GEARE 4.45 bits
3.4% →
SLART 5.05 bits
2.9% →
ALURE 4.44 bits
2.4% →
SORAL 3.95 bits
2.2% →
DROIT 4.88 bits
2.2% →
ROAST 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3Y4X8E1D2
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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