5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PAXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pax

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 PAXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PAXES 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,005 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PA_ES P in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT NOIRE TRAIL TONER SOUTH TRADE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PAXES 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,005 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PAXES ranks #11,005 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
743
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
19
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
273
214
169
160
158
140
91
81
49
42
42
39
36
35
35
33
22
20
20
17
16
16
14
13
12
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PAXES:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
COURT 5.71 bits
11.6% →
NOIRE 5.10 bits
9.1% →
TRAIL 5.27 bits
7.2% →
TONER 4.37 bits
6.8% →
SOUTH 4.99 bits
6.7% →
TRADE 4.77 bits
5.9% →
CANDY 3.97 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.55 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.58 bits
2.1% →
SLART 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1X8E1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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