5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PAKUL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of pakol.

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 PAKUL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAKUL 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 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,246 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___L P in the 1st position and L in the 5th position P__U_ P in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRACE RONTE TOILE SLATE STIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAKUL 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,246 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAKUL ranks #6,246 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
11
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:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

582
276
177
169
167
98
72
56
53
51
51
50
47
46
41
38
27
20
20
19
18
18
18
17
16
16
12
11
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAKUL:

25% chance
Suggested:
TONER
12% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
TONER 6.11 bits
11.7% →
TRACE 5.62 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 5.36 bits
7.2% →
TOILE 5.07 bits
7.1% →
RONTE 4.95 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 4.62 bits
3.1% →
STIRE 5.18 bits
2.4% →
BUGLE 4.06 bits
2.2% →
CRISE 5.17 bits
2.2% →
TRICE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1K5U1L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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