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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PAPAW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of pawpaw.

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 PAPAW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAPAW 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 54.5% of games, misses completely in 45.5%, and leaves about 585 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,650 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.99 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__W A in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STARE RONTE SNORE SOREL STOLE
Words starting with P Words ending with W

First-turn measures

2.99 Entropy (bits)
585 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
2.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAPAW 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.

3.99 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,650 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAPAW ranks #14,650 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
532
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
493
6 guesses
36
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
26%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

48 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1074
356
226
116
112
101
82
30
26
22
20
20
17
16
15
12
10
10
9
8
7
7
6
5
4
4
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAPAW:

46% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.5% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
15.1% →
STARE 5.37 bits
9.6% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
4.9% →
SNORE 5.31 bits
4.7% →
SOREL 4.68 bits
4.3% →
STOLE 5.07 bits
3.5% →
NOISE 5.06 bits
1.3% →
CRATE 4.12 bits
1.1% →
SILER 4.21 bits
0.9% →
SLART 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1P3A1W4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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