5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PACES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪsɪz/

Noun

plural of pace

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pace

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 PACES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PACES 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,862 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PA_ES P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TOILE TRAIL TONER SOUTH BLARE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PACES 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,862 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PACES ranks #2,862 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
14
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
220
169
150
139
133
102
99
81
63
51
45
44
37
36
33
32
31
29
28
27
25
23
19
19
17
17
16
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PACES:

14% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
DROIT 5.69 bits
9.3% →
TOILE 5.20 bits
7.2% →
TRAIL 5.23 bits
6.4% →
TONER 4.41 bits
5.9% →
SOUTH 5.04 bits
5.6% →
BLARE 4.80 bits
4.3% →
RANDY 4.08 bits
4.2% →
LUNCH 4.87 bits
3.4% →
RONTE 4.53 bits
2.7% →
SHALT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1C3E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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