5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching PA_S_

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Possible answers

PALSY PANSY PARSE PATSY PAUSE

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This pattern has 11 words in the Wordle guess list; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: PATSY (May 3, 2025); PAUSE (February 10, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ALERT
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.32 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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ALERT does not fit this page's clues. PALSY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.8 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: PA_SY

PALSY, PANSY, PATSY differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ALERT tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits PA_S_?

All 11 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

Y 36% E 36% L 18% U 18% I 18% N 9%

Words with five different letters

64% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PALSY PANSY PARSE PATSY PAUSE

Common letter pairs

PA 25% SE 9% SY 7% AL 5% LS 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 36% · two: 36% · three or more: 27%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match PA_S_?
11 five-letter words match PA_S_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, PARSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.63 bits against the possible answers.
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