5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PYXIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪksɪs/

Noun

A small box.

Noun

A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit to release the seeds.

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 PYXIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PYXIS 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 65.4% of games, misses completely in 34.6%, and leaves about 384 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,193 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE TRINE DROLE CRATE STILE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
384 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PYXIS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,193 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PYXIS ranks #12,193 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
703
4 guesses
1,298
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
20
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
15%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

815
298
257
214
110
84
63
63
59
58
52
28
24
20
18
16
16
14
12
11
11
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10
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8
7
7
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PYXIS:

35% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.6% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
12.6% →
STARE 5.71 bits
10.9% →
TRINE 5.51 bits
9.1% →
DROLE 4.93 bits
4.7% →
CRATE 4.88 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.42 bits
2.7% →
CRATE 5.33 bits
2.7% →
LATER 4.51 bits
2.5% →
SAULT 4.47 bits
2.5% →
CARNE 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3Y4X8I1S1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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