5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

PALER

PALER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of pale: more pale

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 PALER performs as a guess

PALER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.4% of games, misses completely in 11.6%, and leaves about 93 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,260 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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

HOIST SEINE COURT TOISE CLOUT STAIN
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.46 Entropy (bits)
93 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PALER 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,260 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PALER ranks #1,260 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
A B Y S S
P A L E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PALER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

133 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

274
167
145
112
107
97
94
86
83
81
78
69
56
53
50
36
32
31
29
28
27
26
26
24
24
19
19
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PALER:

12% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
7% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
6% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.6% →
HOIST 5.85 bits
7.1% →
SEINE 5.48 bits
6.1% →
COURT 5.13 bits
4.7% →
TOISE 4.57 bits
4.5% →
CLOUT 4.73 bits
4.1% →
STAIN 5.14 bits
4.0% →
TANGY 4.08 bits
3.6% →
DRAFT 4.14 bits
3.5% →
STANE 4.51 bits
3.4% →
TOISE 3.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1L1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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