5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PAPAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of papa

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 PAPAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAPAS 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 62.6% of games, misses completely in 37.4%, and leaves about 429 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,881 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PA_AS P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ROUET ALERT RONTE THALE TRODE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.44 Entropy (bits)
429 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAPAS 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,881 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAPAS ranks #13,881 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
601
4 guesses
1,309
5 guesses
374
6 guesses
27
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
27%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

882
293
267
197
107
97
69
60
48
43
25
23
22
20
17
16
15
13
13
13
9
9
8
7
7
7
6
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAPAS:

37% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.4% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
12.4% →
ROUET 5.49 bits
11.3% →
ALERT 5.31 bits
8.4% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
4.5% →
THALE 4.60 bits
4.1% →
TRODE 4.48 bits
2.9% →
RIONE 5.00 bits
2.5% →
TRINE 4.44 bits
2.0% →
LOURE 4.72 bits
1.8% →
STILE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1P3A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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