5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PANAX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any plant of the genus Panax.

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 PANAX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PANAX 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 63.5% of games, misses completely in 36.5%, and leaves about 408 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,725 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___X P in the 1st position and X in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__X A in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STARE CLOTE SLIER CRUET HOISE
Words starting with P Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
408 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PANAX 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,725 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PANAX ranks #13,725 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
635
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
382
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
28%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

861
292
236
179
121
95
84
77
71
35
33
26
23
17
16
16
15
14
11
11
10
10
8
8
7
7
7
7
6
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANAX:

36% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.5% →
TOILE 5.98 bits
12.4% →
STARE 5.45 bits
10.0% →
TOILE 5.32 bits
7.6% →
CLOTE 4.69 bits
5.1% →
SLIER 5.36 bits
4.0% →
CRUET 4.61 bits
3.6% →
HOISE 4.58 bits
3.3% →
GRISE 4.61 bits
3.0% →
TOILE 4.79 bits
1.5% →
TRINE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1A1X8
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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