5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PATED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having a pate or a particular type of pate (head)

“long-pated”

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 PATED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PATED 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,384 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___D P in the 1st position and D in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position PA_ED P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SNORE SNARL SHORT SENOR BLARE
Words starting with P Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PATED 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,384 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PATED ranks #1,384 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
35%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

317
213
184
164
116
116
97
79
69
56
53
51
47
40
36
34
34
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31
27
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PATED:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
SNORE
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SOILY 5.66 bits
9.0% →
SNORE 5.23 bits
7.8% →
SNARL 5.17 bits
7.0% →
SHORT 5.44 bits
4.9% →
SENOR 4.38 bits
4.9% →
BLARE 4.67 bits
4.1% →
SONLY 4.64 bits
3.3% →
SHIRE 4.77 bits
2.9% →
SLART 4.72 bits
2.4% →
URINE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1T1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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