5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PORUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A pore.

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 PORUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PORUS 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,517 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__U_ P in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT TRIED THALE CLINE ALINE DAINE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PORUS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,517 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PORUS ranks #2,517 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
13
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
278
198
129
123
114
95
64
58
54
47
47
45
44
39
37
28
25
24
23
19
18
18
15
15
14
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PORUS:

20% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
THALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
LEANT 6.08 bits
11.8% →
TRIED 5.42 bits
8.4% →
THALE 5.82 bits
5.5% →
CLINE 5.02 bits
5.2% →
ALINE 5.44 bits
4.8% →
LEANT 4.56 bits
4.0% →
DAINE 4.37 bits
2.7% →
SAUNT 4.30 bits
2.5% →
SIENT 4.74 bits
2.3% →
MATEY 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1R1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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