5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

PALSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːlzi//ˈpælzi/

Noun

Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

Verb

To paralyse, either completely or partially.

Adjective

Chummy, friendly.

Noun

Mate, chum.

Alternative forms: palsie

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 PALSY performs as a guess

PALSY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,757 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRONE ROUET RIONE TIARE DRONE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PALSY 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
0.70 Volatility
#1,757 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PALSY ranks #1,757 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
171
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
38%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
P A L S Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PALSY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

498
219
170
155
123
116
112
68
66
44
44
41
41
33
32
32
32
27
25
23
22
20
19
19
18
17
16
16
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PALSY:

21% chance
Suggested:
TONER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
TONER 6.26 bits
9.3% →
TRONE 5.56 bits
7.2% →
ROUET 5.11 bits
6.6% →
RIONE 5.36 bits
5.2% →
TIARE 4.62 bits
4.9% →
TONER 4.96 bits
4.7% →
DRONE 4.79 bits
2.9% →
RUOTE 5.04 bits
2.8% →
STURE 4.62 bits
1.9% →
ROUET 5.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1L1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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