5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PADLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus).

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 PADLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PADLE 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,534 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT TENOR TRASH TORSE TONEY CLOUT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PADLE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,534 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PADLE ranks #1,534 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
9
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
40%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
211
160
140
113
96
90
67
67
63
60
52
52
45
35
33
32
32
29
26
25
23
21
20
19
18
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PADLE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
9% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
7% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
SNORT 5.95 bits
8.9% →
TENOR 5.15 bits
6.8% →
TRASH 5.17 bits
5.9% →
TORSE 4.67 bits
4.8% →
TONEY 4.12 bits
4.1% →
CLOUT 4.66 bits
3.8% →
SORAL 4.33 bits
2.8% →
REBEL 4.26 bits
2.8% →
ROUND 4.78 bits
2.7% →
REAST 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1D2L1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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