5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PANDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PANDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PANDS 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,652 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__D_ P in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT ROUET CLOTE DROLE STALE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PANDS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#2,652 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PANDS ranks #2,652 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
949
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
10
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

469
241
208
145
137
127
103
63
63
59
56
54
53
52
36
35
32
30
23
21
21
20
19
15
13
13
13
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANDS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
TOILE 6.04 bits
10.2% →
ALERT 5.50 bits
8.8% →
ROUET 5.50 bits
6.1% →
TOILE 5.49 bits
5.8% →
CLOTE 4.76 bits
5.4% →
DROLE 5.38 bits
4.4% →
STALE 4.93 bits
2.7% →
COURE 4.38 bits
2.7% →
GRICE 4.88 bits
2.5% →
ROULE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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