5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PACKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pæks/

Noun

plural of pack

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pack

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 PACKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PACKS 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,956 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT ROUET TRINE STALE TIARE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PACKS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,956 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PACKS ranks #5,956 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
23%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
287
228
156
141
96
59
57
53
52
44
39
28
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PACKS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
TOILE 6.04 bits
12.2% →
ALERT 5.59 bits
9.7% →
ROUET 5.56 bits
6.6% →
TRINE 4.75 bits
6.0% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
4.1% →
STALE 4.93 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.71 bits
2.4% →
TOILE 4.88 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.81 bits
2.2% →
TUILE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1C3K5S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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