5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PALPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of palp

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 PALPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PALPS 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 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,675 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__P_ P in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRONE ROUET NOIRE RONTE TIARE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PALPS 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
0.70 Volatility
#9,675 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PALPS ranks #9,675 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
25%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

626
245
240
203
164
130
101
59
53
47
46
42
33
33
31
19
19
18
18
15
13
13
13
11
11
11
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PALPS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
TONER 6.14 bits
10.4% →
TRONE 5.57 bits
10.2% →
ROUET 5.63 bits
8.6% →
NOIRE 5.04 bits
7.0% →
RONTE 4.89 bits
5.5% →
TIARE 4.61 bits
4.3% →
STARE 4.88 bits
2.5% →
CRONE 4.99 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.28 bits
2.0% →
TRINE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1L1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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