5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PAWAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pawa

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 PAWAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAWAS 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 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,690 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PA_AS P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SUITE ALERT RONTE THALE CRONE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAWAS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,690 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAWAS ranks #11,690 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
712
4 guesses
1,299
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
27%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

787
263
247
183
101
92
75
75
69
61
41
29
25
20
20
20
19
18
16
15
14
13
13
12
11
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAWAS:

33% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SUITE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
11.1% →
SUITE 5.43 bits
10.5% →
ALERT 5.32 bits
7.8% →
RONTE 4.84 bits
4.3% →
THALE 4.53 bits
3.9% →
CRONE 4.53 bits
3.2% →
DRONE 5.15 bits
3.2% →
RIONE 4.96 bits
2.9% →
TUILE 5.00 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1W4A1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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