5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PONGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of pong

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pong

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 PONGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PONGS 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,775 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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STALE TALER ARIEL GLARE CADIE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PONGS 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
0.66 Volatility
#3,775 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PONGS ranks #3,775 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
14
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
25%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

637
271
159
143
130
85
74
65
62
60
52
51
51
42
35
31
28
20
20
19
16
16
15
14
14
14
14
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PONGS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
TIARE 6.28 bits
11.5% →
STALE 5.72 bits
6.7% →
TALER 5.25 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.48 bits
5.5% →
TALER 4.65 bits
3.6% →
GLARE 5.18 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 5.22 bits
2.8% →
CADIE 4.61 bits
2.6% →
CARLE 4.90 bits
2.5% →
CARET 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1N1G2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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