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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

PAUSE

Yes, PAUSE was the Wordle answer on February 10, 2022 (Wordle #236).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɔːz//poːz//pɔz/

Verb

To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.

Verb

To stop (an activity) for a while.

Noun

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

Noun

A short time for relaxing and doing something else.

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: February 10, 2022 (#236).

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

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How PAUSE performs as a guess

PAUSE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,303 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CRONY TENOR TRAIL CLARY NOIRE RENAL
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAUSE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,303 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAUSE ranks #3,303 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
AESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
42%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
C A U S E
P A U S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PAUSE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

280
267
187
126
106
105
96
75
63
54
52
49
45
38
33
32
31
30
30
28
27
27
24
23
22
21
20
20
20
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAUSE:

12% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
11% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
CRONY 5.51 bits
11.3% →
TENOR 5.13 bits
7.9% →
TRAIL 5.31 bits
5.3% →
CLARY 3.93 bits
4.5% →
NOIRE 4.41 bits
4.5% →
RENAL 4.71 bits
4.1% →
CURLY 4.40 bits
3.2% →
STINK 4.60 bits
2.7% →
GLARE 3.61 bits
2.3% →
STALK 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1U1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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