5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PAOLO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An old Italian silver coin.

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 PAOLO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAOLO 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,748 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE STARE RONTE SEINE SERAL SUITE
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAOLO 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,748 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAOLO ranks #8,748 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
21
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
3 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
36%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

532
285
190
165
137
120
93
73
72
45
44
42
38
36
33
27
26
21
21
21
21
20
20
19
17
16
15
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAOLO:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
TRINE 6.16 bits
12.1% →
STARE 5.61 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 5.24 bits
7.0% →
TRINE 4.87 bits
5.8% →
SEINE 4.83 bits
5.1% →
SERAL 4.50 bits
3.9% →
TRINE 4.92 bits
3.1% →
SUITE 4.58 bits
3.1% →
SIENT 5.12 bits
1.9% →
SINCE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1O1L1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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