5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PINAX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnæks/

Noun

A tablet or register.

Noun

A list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.

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 PINAX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PINAX 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,445 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___X P in the 1st position and X in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__X I in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE CRISE SOLED TALER GRATE
Words starting with P Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PINAX 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,445 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PINAX ranks #11,445 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
18
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
24%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
426
177
143
111
99
87
82
82
66
49
43
42
31
30
29
28
27
18
17
11
11
11
10
10
10
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PINAX:

24% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
SOREL 6.04 bits
18.1% →
TARSE 5.48 bits
7.5% →
CRISE 5.25 bits
6.1% →
SOREL 5.16 bits
4.7% →
SOLED 4.44 bits
4.2% →
TALER 4.67 bits
3.7% →
GRATE 4.56 bits
3.5% →
GRISE 4.31 bits
3.5% →
SOLER 5.17 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1N1A1X8
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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