5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PINGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ping

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ping

“If he pings my bra strap once more, I shall flatten him.”

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 PINGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PINGS 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 71.5% of games, misses completely in 28.5%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,028 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STALE CRATE GLARE CADET HAOLE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PINGS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,028 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PINGS ranks #4,028 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
177
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
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
22%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

671
276
174
155
83
81
74
62
60
60
59
54
54
37
32
25
23
21
20
20
20
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16
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16
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10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PINGS:

28% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.5% →
ROATE 6.16 bits
11.7% →
STALE 5.75 bits
7.4% →
CRATE 5.61 bits
6.6% →
ROATE 5.25 bits
3.5% →
GLARE 5.32 bits
3.4% →
CADET 4.50 bits
3.1% →
HAOLE 5.17 bits
2.6% →
TALER 4.69 bits
2.5% →
HAOLE 4.59 bits
2.5% →
STILE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1N1G2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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