5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PALLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpali/

Adjective

Like a pal; friendly.

Noun

An affectionate term of address.

Noun

A slightly derogatory and insulting term of address.

“What do you think you are doing, pally?”

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 PALLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PALLY 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 69.4% of games, misses completely in 30.6%, and leaves about 307 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,683 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE CLONE SIRED RONTE STORE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
307 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PALLY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,683 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PALLY ranks #9,683 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
36%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

721
317
158
146
140
125
87
54
51
38
35
32
31
30
22
22
20
19
18
18
17
16
16
15
12
12
12
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PALLY:

31% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.6% →
TRONE 6.21 bits
13.4% →
TRACE 5.58 bits
6.7% →
CLONE 4.89 bits
6.2% →
SIRED 4.56 bits
5.9% →
RONTE 4.89 bits
5.3% →
TRACE 4.51 bits
3.7% →
STORE 5.30 bits
2.3% →
CRONE 4.90 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 3.45 bits
1.6% →
REAST 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1L1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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