5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PAWER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who paws.

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 PAWER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAWER 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,302 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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

4.94 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAWER 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,302 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAWER ranks #6,302 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
232
172
149
130
122
108
91
83
71
64
49
37
35
34
33
28
27
23
22
21
20
20
19
19
19
16
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAWER:

16% 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.

15.9% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
6.3% →
COURT 5.16 bits
5.5% →
SLATE 4.98 bits
5.2% →
SONLY 4.56 bits
4.6% →
TOISE 4.47 bits
3.9% →
COAST 4.42 bits
3.5% →
SOILY 3.49 bits
3.0% →
SONLY 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1W4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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