5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PAPEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PAPEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAPEY 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,875 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TOISE SLART SENOR SOILY TALON
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAPEY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,875 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAPEY ranks #12,875 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
667
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
338
6 guesses
31
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
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
41%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

436
335
278
200
194
155
107
63
47
45
43
39
34
28
27
26
25
16
15
14
14
13
13
13
12
10
10
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAPEY:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
14% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
COURT 5.97 bits
14.2% →
TOISE 5.10 bits
11.8% →
SLART 5.36 bits
8.5% →
SENOR 4.32 bits
8.2% →
SLART 5.18 bits
6.6% →
SOILY 4.07 bits
4.5% →
TALON 4.22 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 3.34 bits
2.0% →
SPORT 4.53 bits
1.9% →
SAULT 3.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1P3E1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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