5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PAMBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Clipping of namby-pamby.

Noun

Clipping of namby-pamby.

Alternative forms: namby

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 PAMBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAMBY 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 326 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,344 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__B_ P in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE ALERT SOLDE CLOTE TOILE SPITE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
326 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAMBY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#8,344 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAMBY ranks #8,344 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
13
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
32%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

744
363
147
127
107
93
75
59
56
53
49
37
36
29
29
27
25
22
22
22
20
15
14
13
12
12
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAMBY:

32% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
6% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
TRINE 6.17 bits
15.4% →
ALERT 5.57 bits
6.2% →
SOLDE 4.76 bits
5.4% →
CLOTE 4.78 bits
4.5% →
TOILE 5.22 bits
3.9% →
SPITE 5.05 bits
3.2% →
NOIRE 5.21 bits
2.5% →
IRONE 5.12 bits
2.4% →
TRADE 4.65 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 3.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1M3B3Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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