5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PANNE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pæn/

Noun

A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin.

Noun

A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close.

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 PANNE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PANNE 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,175 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT DETER SLART SOILY SATYR SOULY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PANNE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,175 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PANNE ranks #9,175 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
42%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
277
234
165
122
102
89
75
68
64
50
40
39
39
38
38
36
28
28
20
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18
18
18
18
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16
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANNE:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
COURT 5.83 bits
11.7% →
DETER 5.47 bits
9.9% →
SLART 5.41 bits
7.0% →
SOILY 4.54 bits
5.2% →
SATYR 3.98 bits
4.3% →
SLART 4.79 bits
3.8% →
SLART 4.49 bits
3.2% →
SOULY 4.20 bits
2.9% →
SORED 4.23 bits
2.7% →
SOILY 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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