5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

PAISE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪseɪ//peɪz/

Noun

plural of paisa

Noun

Obsolete form of poise.

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 PAISE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAISE 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 89.9% of games, misses completely in 10.1%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,833 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRULY DETER ACORN DROIT CONTE RELAY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.52 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAISE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,833 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAISE ranks #1,833 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,102
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
19
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
44%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

239
220
156
118
114
102
89
83
71
58
58
52
48
45
43
33
30
29
29
28
28
25
25
25
23
22
22
21
21
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAISE:

10% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
9% chance
Suggested:
DETER
7% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.1% →
TRULY 5.39 bits
9.3% →
DETER 5.45 bits
6.6% →
ACORN 4.99 bits
5.0% →
DROIT 4.74 bits
4.8% →
CONTE 3.98 bits
4.3% →
RELAY 4.68 bits
3.8% →
LOURE 4.31 bits
3.5% →
STORK 4.54 bits
3.0% →
GLINT 4.27 bits
2.5% →
DINER 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1I1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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