5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PATUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of patu

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 PATUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PATUS 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,264 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__U_ P in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE LEARN MORNE THEIR CLONE NOIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PATUS 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
#2,264 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PATUS ranks #2,264 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

472
263
143
140
133
132
79
78
70
50
48
47
44
41
40
37
31
29
26
23
22
20
20
19
19
19
13
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PATUS:

20% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
11% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
6% chance
Suggested:
MORNE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
DROLE 6.06 bits
11.1% →
LEARN 5.43 bits
6.1% →
MORNE 4.84 bits
5.9% →
THEIR 5.36 bits
5.6% →
CLONE 4.90 bits
5.6% →
NOIRE 5.26 bits
3.3% →
ALERT 4.77 bits
3.3% →
SHIRE 4.79 bits
3.0% →
SHALE 4.61 bits
2.1% →
TRONE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1T1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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