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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

PENNE

Yes, PENNE was the Wordle answer on July 31, 2024 (Wordle #1138).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛneɪ/

Noun

A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.

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: July 31, 2024 (#1138).

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

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How PENNE performs as a guess

PENNE 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 66.5% of games, misses completely in 33.5%, and leaves about 342 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,243 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SOLAR TRAIN COALY SOILY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
342 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PENNE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,243 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PENNE ranks #12,243 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
718
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
24
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
41%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
P E N N E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PENNE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

790
240
236
116
113
103
103
68
59
58
39
32
29
27
27
26
23
22
21
18
18
16
11
11
11
10
10
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PENNE:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.5% →
ROAST 5.94 bits
10.2% →
SLART 5.23 bits
10.0% →
SOLAR 5.13 bits
4.9% →
ROAST 4.67 bits
4.8% →
SLART 4.90 bits
4.4% →
TRAIN 5.10 bits
4.4% →
SLART 5.24 bits
2.9% →
COALY 4.34 bits
2.5% →
SOILY 4.42 bits
2.5% →
SOLAR 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1N1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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