5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PAPPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpæpi/

Adjective

Like pap; soft; mushy.

Noun

A father.

Noun

A grandfather.

Alternative forms: pappie

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 PAPPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAPPY 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 58.8% of games, misses completely in 41.2%, and leaves about 542 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,590 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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__P_ P in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT SOLDE RONTE STOLE SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.98 Entropy (bits)
542 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAPPY 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,590 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAPPY ranks #14,590 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
513
4 guesses
1,339
5 guesses
432
6 guesses
35

Composition

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
32%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

972
485
201
195
74
66
64
43
32
28
27
20
19
18
13
10
9
9
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8
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4
4
2
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAPPY:

41% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
21% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.2% →
TOILE 6.00 bits
20.6% →
ALERT 5.49 bits
8.5% →
SOLDE 4.63 bits
8.3% →
RONTE 4.80 bits
3.1% →
STOLE 4.81 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 3.30 bits
2.7% →
IRONE 5.11 bits
1.8% →
SOLER 4.26 bits
1.4% →
CRAME 4.27 bits
1.2% →
CLONE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1P3P3Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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