5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PONGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒŋə/

Noun

A medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand, of species Alsophila tricolor (syns .Alsophila dealbata, Cyathea dealbata et al.).

Alternative forms: punga

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 PONGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PONGA 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,981 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRICE CLOTE CAROL SIREN
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PONGA 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,981 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PONGA ranks #4,981 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
13
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

474
426
147
135
104
85
80
65
54
52
48
47
47
43
34
32
32
28
28
26
24
22
21
21
16
15
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PONGA:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SLIER 6.07 bits
18.1% →
SLATE 5.71 bits
6.2% →
TRICE 5.21 bits
5.7% →
CLOTE 4.38 bits
4.4% →
SLIER 5.06 bits
3.6% →
SLIER 4.67 bits
3.4% →
SLIER 5.42 bits
2.8% →
CAROL 4.39 bits
2.3% →
SIREN 4.21 bits
2.2% →
TARSE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1N1G2A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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