5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PATTY

Yes, PATTY was the Wordle answer on August 9, 2022 (Wordle #416).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpæti/

Noun

A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.

“The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a bun.”

Noun

A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.

Adjective

Alternative form of patté.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 9, 2022 (#416).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PATTY performs as a guess

PATTY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,657 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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 LEARN SIREN SOLDE SOLER LEAST
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PATTY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,657 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PATTY ranks #9,657 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
36%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PATTY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

649
339
216
165
135
104
79
59
48
42
37
35
35
30
23
23
23
20
20
18
18
17
13
12
10
10
10
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PATTY:

28% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
9% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.5% →
RIONE 6.03 bits
14.4% →
LEARN 5.32 bits
9.2% →
SIREN 5.59 bits
7.0% →
SOLDE 4.64 bits
5.7% →
SOLER 4.86 bits
4.4% →
LEAST 4.90 bits
3.3% →
SLIER 5.34 bits
2.5% →
IRONE 4.88 bits
2.0% →
SNIDE 3.35 bits
1.8% →
ROUSE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1T1T1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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