5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PASHM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The raw unspun wool of the Cashmere goat.

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 PASHM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PASHM 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,386 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___M P in the 1st position and M in the 5th position P__H_ P in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _A__M A in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TRONE RONTE CONTE STALE MOIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PASHM 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,386 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PASHM ranks #4,386 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
7
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
23%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

624
303
192
149
129
88
85
60
59
58
42
39
38
36
33
29
27
24
22
18
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PASHM:

26% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
RIONE 6.00 bits
12.8% →
TRONE 5.50 bits
8.1% →
TRONE 5.47 bits
6.3% →
RONTE 4.84 bits
5.5% →
CONTE 5.52 bits
3.7% →
STALE 4.86 bits
3.6% →
MOIRE 5.21 bits
2.5% →
TORSE 4.74 bits
2.5% →
RIONE 4.81 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1S1H4M3
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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