5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PORED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of pore

Adjective

Having or furnished with pores

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 PORED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PORED 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #423 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___D P in the 1st position and D in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position PO_ED P in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE SLANT TRACE SALTY ARSON
Words starting with P Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PORED 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#423 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PORED ranks #423 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
1,020
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
147
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
280
124
114
112
98
92
79
65
62
52
52
46
45
40
31
29
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PORED:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
5% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
SAINT 6.16 bits
11.9% →
SLATE 5.76 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 5.12 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
4.7% →
TRACE 4.88 bits
4.2% →
SALTY 4.46 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 3.95 bits
3.3% →
ARSON 4.37 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
2.6% →
ANILE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1R1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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