5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

PARER

Yes, PARER was the Wordle answer on September 16, 2022 (Wordle #454).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A tool used to pare things.

Noun

A pencil sharpener.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 16, 2022 (#454).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PARER performs as a guess

PARER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,788 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position PA_ER P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SLANT SLATE SONLY DROIT
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PARER 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,788 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PARER ranks #7,788 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
20
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
P E I S Y
P A P E R
P A R E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PARER in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
255
185
137
131
123
89
86
79
78
64
53
44
39
35
32
30
22
22
21
20
17
16
16
15
15
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PARER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
10.8% →
TOILE 5.27 bits
7.8% →
SLANT 5.30 bits
5.8% →
SLATE 4.97 bits
5.6% →
SONLY 4.55 bits
5.2% →
DROIT 4.91 bits
3.8% →
DRAFT 4.08 bits
3.6% →
OLDEN 4.16 bits
3.4% →
SONLY 3.54 bits
3.3% →
TOISE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1R1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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