5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PARAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of para

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 PARAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PARAS 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,472 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 TRIED CLONE CLOTE TRADE THALE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PARAS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,472 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PARAS ranks #6,472 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
15
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

531
281
207
153
130
109
84
70
58
54
51
47
45
44
35
35
28
26
26
23
20
15
14
13
13
12
12
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PARAS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
11.9% →
TRIED 5.31 bits
8.8% →
TOILE 5.42 bits
6.5% →
CLONE 5.37 bits
5.5% →
CLOTE 4.65 bits
4.6% →
TRADE 4.46 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.72 bits
3.0% →
CONTE 4.60 bits
2.5% →
SHOTE 4.56 bits
2.3% →
CLOTE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1R1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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