5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

PANSY

PANSY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.zi/

Noun

A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

Noun

A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

Adjective

Wimpy; spineless; feeble.

Adjective

Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

Alternative forms: pancy

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 PANSY performs as a guess

PANSY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,406 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT STIRE DROLE CLOTE ROUTE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PANSY 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,406 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PANSY ranks #1,406 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
970
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
39%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
P A N S Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PANSY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

490
271
154
135
124
112
74
71
71
56
50
50
48
42
40
39
31
30
29
21
20
19
18
17
16
16
16
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANSY:

21% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
11.5% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
6.5% →
TOILE 5.44 bits
5.7% →
STIRE 5.26 bits
5.3% →
DROLE 4.94 bits
4.7% →
CLOTE 4.75 bits
3.1% →
ROUTE 4.95 bits
3.0% →
REACT 4.51 bits
3.0% →
GRICE 4.78 bits
2.4% →
COURE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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