5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PORNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of porn

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 PORNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PORNS 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #756 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DEALT CADET STALE CADIE THALE BLATE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PORNS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#756 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PORNS ranks #756 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,010
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
144
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

415
271
203
140
98
91
79
64
62
58
47
44
41
41
40
39
38
33
32
30
30
25
25
23
21
17
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PORNS:

18% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
11% chance
Suggested:
CADET
9% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
DEALT 6.19 bits
11.5% →
CADET 5.37 bits
8.6% →
STALE 5.78 bits
5.9% →
CADIE 5.27 bits
4.2% →
THALE 4.51 bits
3.9% →
BLATE 5.01 bits
3.3% →
CADET 4.39 bits
2.7% →
CAGEY 4.70 bits
2.6% →
TUILE 4.38 bits
2.5% →
SKATE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1R1N1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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