5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PANDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A fulling mill.

Noun

mashed potatoes

Verb

To strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment.

Verb

To distribute or publicize, especially in order to curry favor.

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 PANDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PANDY 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,991 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__D_ P in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE SLART TOISE CLOTE SOLER DROLE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PANDY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,991 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PANDY ranks #3,991 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
12
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:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
34%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

565
321
172
130
121
116
93
76
58
52
49
37
35
34
34
28
22
22
19
18
17
16
16
16
14
12
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANDY:

24% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
TORSE 6.31 bits
13.6% →
SLART 5.63 bits
7.3% →
TOISE 5.51 bits
5.5% →
CLOTE 4.77 bits
5.1% →
SOLER 4.50 bits
4.9% →
DROLE 5.31 bits
3.9% →
STIRE 5.30 bits
3.2% →
GRISE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
TRICE 4.44 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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