5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PAEAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.ən//ˈpi.ən/

Noun

Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.

Noun

An enthusiastic expression of praise.

Verb

To sing a paean; to praise.

Alternative forms: pæan, pean

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 PAEAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAEAN 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,542 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TOILE SLART COUNT SATYR SIREE
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAEAN 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,542 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAEAN ranks #8,542 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
23
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
357
164
144
129
103
99
85
77
64
48
45
43
38
32
32
32
29
28
21
20
17
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11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAEAN:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
15% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
COURT 5.83 bits
15.1% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
7.0% →
SLART 5.23 bits
6.1% →
COUNT 5.04 bits
5.5% →
SLART 4.96 bits
4.4% →
SATYR 4.01 bits
4.2% →
SIREE 4.64 bits
3.6% →
SETER 4.74 bits
3.3% →
LATER 3.97 bits
2.7% →
SOILY 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1E1A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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