5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

PARES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pare

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 PARES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PARES 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 96 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,055 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PA_ES P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE STINK TONAL DROIT TANGY
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
96 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PARES 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,055 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PARES ranks #1,055 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
35%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

124 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
183
124
120
110
100
100
98
86
71
69
67
62
58
39
39
31
29
28
28
26
26
26
26
22
20
19
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PARES:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
5% chance
Suggested:
STINK

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
COUNT 5.64 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.29 bits
5.3% →
STINK 4.94 bits
5.1% →
TONAL 5.08 bits
4.7% →
DROIT 4.93 bits
4.2% →
TOILE 3.46 bits
4.2% →
TANGY 4.03 bits
4.2% →
DEALT 4.80 bits
3.6% →
TRAIN 4.19 bits
3.0% →
TRICE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1R1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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