5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PALAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.

Alternative forms: palasa, palash, pulas

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 PALAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PALAS 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,947 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PA_AS P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ROUET NOIRE CRATE RONTE CRUET
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PALAS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,947 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PALAS ranks #6,947 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

626
240
203
181
149
79
77
63
55
53
51
46
45
43
35
32
28
19
19
18
16
16
13
13
12
12
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PALAS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
9% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
TONER 6.14 bits
10.2% →
ROUET 5.63 bits
8.6% →
NOIRE 5.04 bits
7.7% →
CRATE 5.42 bits
6.3% →
RONTE 4.95 bits
3.4% →
CRUET 4.53 bits
3.3% →
FLARE 4.34 bits
2.7% →
RIONE 4.93 bits
2.3% →
RUOTE 5.03 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1L1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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