5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PASHA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpæʃə//ˈpɑʃə/

Noun

The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.

Noun

A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.

Alternative forms: pascha, bashaw

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 PASHA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PASHA 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 69.4% of games, misses completely in 30.6%, and leaves about 313 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,388 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__H_ P in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE TRONE TRINE CONTE STALE TUILE
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
313 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PASHA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,388 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PASHA ranks #9,388 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
16
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
23%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

722
296
213
168
146
96
66
63
62
56
36
35
35
28
24
23
21
21
18
18
18
16
14
13
12
10
10
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PASHA:

31% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.6% →
NOIRE 5.97 bits
12.6% →
TRONE 5.42 bits
9.0% →
TRONE 5.44 bits
7.1% →
TRINE 4.81 bits
6.2% →
CONTE 5.53 bits
4.1% →
STALE 4.82 bits
2.8% →
TUILE 4.65 bits
2.7% →
TUILE 4.48 bits
2.6% →
TORSE 4.72 bits
2.4% →
TUILE 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1S1H4A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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