5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PASSU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

Check PASSU on Wiktionary or report a missing entry.

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 PASSU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PASSU 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,026 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___U P in the 1st position and U in the 5th position P__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__U A in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ALERT CLONE RONTE TRINE LEANT
Words starting with P Words ending with U

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PASSU 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,026 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PASSU ranks #12,026 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
737
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

653
355
229
198
139
83
54
54
51
48
47
38
29
28
24
23
21
21
20
19
19
17
16
16
15
13
12
12
12
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PASSU:

28% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
TONER 5.97 bits
15.0% →
ALERT 5.50 bits
9.7% →
CLONE 5.06 bits
8.4% →
RONTE 4.81 bits
5.9% →
TRINE 5.20 bits
3.5% →
LEANT 4.55 bits
2.3% →
SHUNT 3.96 bits
2.3% →
RIONE 4.82 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.95 bits
2.0% →
TRONE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1S1S1U1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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