5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with P and ending in ER (P__ER)

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Possible answers

PALER PAPER PARER PAYER PIPER PLIER POKER POSER POWER PURER

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This pattern has 30 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: PAPER (July 24, 2021); PARER (September 16, 2022); PIPER (February 24, 2024); POKER (August 15, 2022); POWER (July 24, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter LARIS
Average remaining
1.4
Worst branch
2
Information
2.92 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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LARIS does not fit this page's clues. PALER keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.6 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: PA_ER

PALER, PAPER, PARER, PAYER differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; LARIS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits P__ER?

All 30 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 30% I 23% L 20% O 17% U 17% Y 10%

Words with five different letters

70% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PALER PAYER PLIER POKER POSER

Common letter pairs

ER 25% PA 8% PI 4% PO 4% PU 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 7% · two: 93% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match P__ER?
30 five-letter words match P__ER in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, PATER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.51 bits against the possible answers.
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