5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PANTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.təʊ/

Noun

Clipping of pantomime.

Noun

Clipping of pantograph.

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 PANTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PANTO 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #645 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SCARE DROLE SHIER SMILE SLART
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.99 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PANTO 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#645 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PANTO ranks #645 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
1,012
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
14
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:
ANOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
234
209
146
115
101
89
80
75
63
62
57
51
42
42
37
36
33
26
23
22
22
21
20
20
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18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANTO:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
10% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SLIER 6.03 bits
9.9% →
SCARE 5.35 bits
8.9% →
DROLE 5.23 bits
6.2% →
SHIER 5.51 bits
4.9% →
SMILE 4.73 bits
4.3% →
SLIER 4.95 bits
3.8% →
SLART 5.06 bits
3.4% →
DROLE 4.44 bits
3.2% →
CRUSE 4.67 bits
2.7% →
GRISE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1T1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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