5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PALES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /peɪlz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pale

Noun

plural of pale

Noun

plural of palea

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 PALES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PALES 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,038 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PA_ES P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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COUNT TRINE TRAIN SHOUT TONER RONTE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PALES 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,038 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PALES ranks #1,038 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
972
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
205
132
131
127
111
106
106
77
75
59
57
50
40
39
34
34
31
28
27
27
27
22
22
21
21
21
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PALES:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COUNT 5.82 bits
8.7% →
TRINE 5.36 bits
5.6% →
TRAIN 5.26 bits
5.6% →
SHOUT 5.13 bits
5.4% →
TONER 4.40 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 4.10 bits
4.5% →
COULD 4.83 bits
4.5% →
TRADE 4.93 bits
3.3% →
CORAL 4.25 bits
3.2% →
RONTE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1L1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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