5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PENSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname from German.

Proper noun

A town and rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Pense No. 160) in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.

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 PENSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PENSE 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,142 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ALTER TRAIN GRATE SHALT CLARY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PENSE 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
#6,142 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PENSE ranks #6,142 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
13

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
40%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
188
166
165
160
99
82
73
59
56
54
50
48
40
35
30
29
25
24
22
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PENSE:

23% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
8% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
8.0% →
ALTER 5.17 bits
7.0% →
TRAIN 5.27 bits
7.0% →
GRATE 4.55 bits
6.8% →
SHALT 5.01 bits
4.2% →
CLARY 4.99 bits
3.5% →
SHART 4.40 bits
3.1% →
COALY 4.33 bits
2.5% →
ALIEN 4.23 bits
2.4% →
LAIRY 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1N1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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