5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PANTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pænts/

Noun

An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.

Noun

An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.

Adjective

Of inferior quality, rubbish.

“Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?”

Verb

To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.

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 PANTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PANTS 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #732 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE ROUET GOIER ROULE COLEY ALERT
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PANTS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#732 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PANTS ranks #732 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
1,002
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
137
6 guesses
10
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:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
218
152
140
136
108
71
68
66
63
61
50
49
49
42
40
39
38
37
28
26
19
19
18
18
18
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PANTS:

18% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
DROLE 6.17 bits
9.2% →
DROLE 5.45 bits
6.4% →
ROUET 5.44 bits
5.9% →
GOIER 5.22 bits
5.8% →
ROULE 5.27 bits
4.6% →
COLEY 4.54 bits
3.0% →
ROUET 4.52 bits
2.9% →
ALERT 4.83 bits
2.8% →
SHULE 4.74 bits
2.7% →
GRICE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1N1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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