5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PAOLI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of paolo

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 PAOLI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAOLI 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 88.5% of games, misses completely in 11.5%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,802 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___I P in the 1st position and I in the 5th position P__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TERSE TRINE STARE RONTE TRUCE STURE
Words starting with P Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAOLI 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,802 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAOLI ranks #3,802 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
22
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
3 vowels
Common:
AILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

271
258
231
177
133
115
92
73
64
51
50
43
41
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37
35
34
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27
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAOLI:

11% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
TERSE 6.02 bits
10.9% →
TRINE 5.51 bits
9.8% →
STARE 5.51 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 5.27 bits
5.6% →
TRUCE 4.74 bits
4.9% →
STURE 4.60 bits
3.9% →
REAST 4.63 bits
3.1% →
SLEER 4.69 bits
2.7% →
SINCE 4.23 bits
2.2% →
TRAIN 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1O1L1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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