5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PONCE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɒns/

Noun

A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.

Noun

Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man.

Verb

To act as a pimp.

Verb

To try to get rid of or sell something.

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 PONCE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PONCE 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #330 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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.

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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__C_ P in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR ABORT ARIEL CLAIM SHALT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PONCE 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#330 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PONCE ranks #330 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
1,029
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
146
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
40%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

362
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132
116
105
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PONCE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
12% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
SLART 6.07 bits
12.1% →
STAIR 5.28 bits
7.9% →
SLART 5.34 bits
5.6% →
ABORT 5.20 bits
4.9% →
STAIR 5.10 bits
4.5% →
SLART 4.57 bits
3.5% →
ARIEL 4.56 bits
3.1% →
CLAIM 4.91 bits
2.5% →
SLART 5.03 bits
2.1% →
SHALT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1N1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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