5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PATIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of pathia.

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 PATIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PATIA 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,873 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER CRANE RINSE SHOER LEAST SHIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PATIA 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,873 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PATIA ranks #7,873 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
274
243
186
137
110
98
66
53
50
42
38
34
33
30
25
24
24
24
21
18
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15
15
13
13
13
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PATIA:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
10% chance
Suggested:
RINSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SOLER 5.95 bits
11.6% →
CRANE 5.40 bits
10.3% →
RINSE 5.29 bits
7.9% →
SHOER 5.63 bits
5.8% →
SOLER 4.74 bits
4.7% →
LEAST 4.95 bits
4.2% →
SHIRE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
SOLER 5.06 bits
2.2% →
CLONE 4.74 bits
2.1% →
CRUSE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1T1I1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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