5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PATEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpætən/

Noun

The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.

Noun

Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site.

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 PATEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PATEN 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 101 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #409 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CLARY SHORT BLARE OLDER
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.36 Entropy (bits)
101 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PATEN 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#409 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PATEN ranks #409 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,131
5 guesses
143
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
2 vowels
Common:
AENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
35%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

275
194
162
139
124
113
101
85
74
68
63
54
47
39
38
34
30
28
27
27
25
25
23
22
21
21
20
20
20
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PATEN:

12% chance
Suggested:
COULD
8% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
COULD 5.66 bits
8.2% →
DROLE 5.09 bits
6.9% →
CLARY 5.12 bits
5.9% →
SHORT 5.50 bits
5.3% →
BLARE 4.66 bits
4.8% →
OLDER 4.04 bits
4.3% →
SOILY 4.93 bits
3.6% →
SOILY 4.27 bits
3.1% →
CRISE 4.67 bits
2.9% →
SEINE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1T1E1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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