5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PAVER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪvɚ/

Noun

A flat stone used to pave a pathway, such as a walkway to one's home.

“red brick pavers”

Noun

One who paves; one who lays pavement.

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 PAVER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAVER 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,067 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position PA_ER P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SLANT COURT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAVER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,067 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAVER ranks #7,067 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
32%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
236
172
171
123
122
101
100
82
72
63
53
34
33
31
30
29
23
21
19
19
19
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAVER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
10.0% →
TOILE 5.23 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.35 bits
7.2% →
COURT 5.07 bits
5.2% →
SLATE 4.98 bits
5.2% →
SONLY 4.46 bits
4.3% →
TOISE 4.56 bits
4.2% →
CRAFT 4.21 bits
3.5% →
SOILY 3.54 bits
3.1% →
OLDEN 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1V4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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