5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

PASTY

PASTY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪsti//ˈpæsti//ˈpɑːsti/

Adjective

Like paste, sticky.

“These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.”

Adjective

Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.

“He is pasty-faced.”

Noun

A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.

Noun

Alternative spelling of pastie (“a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers”).

Alternative forms: pastey, pastie

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

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 PASTY performs as a guess

PASTY 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,057 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE DROLE ROUET SNORE MORNE SHULE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PASTY 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,057 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PASTY ranks #2,057 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
11
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:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
34%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N I P Y
P A S T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PASTY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

473
256
186
160
133
107
82
81
80
49
44
43
41
41
39
38
28
22
20
18
18
17
17
16
16
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PASTY:

20% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
RIONE 6.06 bits
10.9% →
DROLE 5.46 bits
7.9% →
ROUET 5.48 bits
6.8% →
SNORE 5.19 bits
5.6% →
DROLE 4.91 bits
4.5% →
MORNE 4.84 bits
3.5% →
ROUET 4.66 bits
3.4% →
SHULE 4.73 bits
3.4% →
ALERT 4.90 bits
2.1% →
CRINE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1S1T1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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