5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PACAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

Open Solver with PACAS Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of paca

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 PACAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PACAS 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 285 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,846 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PA_AS P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SUITE DROLE CRINE TRINE THALE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
285 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PACAS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,846 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PACAS ranks #8,846 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
231
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
27%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
257
212
169
149
87
74
63
58
57
52
38
37
36
24
21
21
19
18
16
16
14
14
13
13
13
12
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PACAS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SUITE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
10.9% →
SUITE 5.41 bits
9.0% →
DROLE 5.45 bits
7.2% →
CRINE 5.32 bits
6.3% →
TRINE 4.77 bits
3.7% →
THALE 4.65 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 4.47 bits
2.7% →
RIONE 4.88 bits
2.5% →
TUILE 4.52 bits
2.4% →
TOILE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1C3A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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