5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PAGER

PAGER 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

Pronunciation: /peɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

Noun

A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.

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 PAGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAGER 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,165 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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 SLANT COURT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAGER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,165 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAGER ranks #3,165 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
186
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
33%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
204
163
148
119
113
103
93
91
82
58
57
49
43
33
32
32
30
25
23
20
19
19
19
18
17
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAGER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.35 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.16 bits
6.3% →
COURT 5.20 bits
5.0% →
SLATE 5.02 bits
4.8% →
SONLY 4.63 bits
4.4% →
TOISE 4.57 bits
3.9% →
CRAFT 4.22 bits
3.9% →
SOILY 3.53 bits
3.5% →
OLDEN 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1G2E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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