5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PIROG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe.

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 PIROG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PIROG 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,377 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___G P in the 1st position and G in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__G I in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE LEAST STADE TRADE SALTY LUNGE
Words starting with P Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PIROG 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,377 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PIROG ranks #2,377 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
959
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

486
238
218
187
112
86
85
71
70
68
49
49
40
34
33
33
31
31
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26
23
21
17
17
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13
12
12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PIROG:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
SLATE 6.40 bits
10.1% →
LEAST 5.40 bits
9.2% →
SLATE 5.23 bits
7.9% →
SLATE 5.55 bits
4.7% →
STADE 4.53 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.79 bits
3.6% →
SALTY 4.29 bits
3.0% →
LUNGE 4.95 bits
3.0% →
CASTE 4.84 bits
2.9% →
SALET 5.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3I1R1O1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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