5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PACER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who paces.

Noun

In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.

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 PACER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PACER 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,354 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position PA_ER P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE DROIT SLANT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PACER 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,354 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PACER ranks #1,354 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,102
5 guesses
177
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
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
206
143
141
118
99
94
91
87
82
75
55
47
44
38
31
29
27
25
25
24
23
23
22
20
16
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PACER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.32 bits
6.1% →
DROIT 5.03 bits
6.0% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
5.0% →
SLATE 4.96 bits
4.2% →
SONLY 4.70 bits
4.0% →
TOISE 4.62 bits
3.9% →
CLOTH 4.83 bits
3.7% →
SOILY 3.49 bits
3.5% →
DRAFT 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1C3E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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