5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

PANKO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpæŋ.kəʊ//ˈpæŋ.koʊ//ˈpɑŋ.koʊ/

Noun

Coarse, dry breadcrumbs used in Japanese cuisine.

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 PANKO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PANKO 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 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #6,189 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER STARE TRODE STILE STIRE SIREN
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

All four describe PANKO used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.43 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How PANKO 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#6,189 Rank among openers
Opening with PANKO left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.69 average. It ranks #6,189 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

PANKO can come back 89 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

492 answers
301 answers
283 answers
164 answers
119 answers
92 answers
82 answers
77 answers
64 answers
54 answers
42 answers
41 answers
38 answers
33 answers
31 answers
29 answers
26 answers
23 answers
23 answers
22 answers
20 answers
18 answers
17 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
14 answers
12 answers

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANKO:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
SLIER 5.95 bits
12.8% →
STARE 5.63 bits
12.0% →
TRODE 5.14 bits
6.9% →
STILE 4.86 bits
5.0% →
STIRE 5.17 bits
3.9% →
SIREN 4.43 bits
3.5% →
SLIER 5.45 bits
3.3% →
MOLAR 4.19 bits
2.7% →
GRISE 4.67 bits
2.3% →
SLICE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1K5O1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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