5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRAGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Handouts, financial aid (sometimes with the implication of having been acquired dishonestly).

Noun

Small gifts customarily given to guests.

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 PRAGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRAGS 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,332 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__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TONEY TARRE CONTE SHOTE CLOTE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRAGS 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
0.68 Volatility
#2,332 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRAGS ranks #2,332 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
240
213
187
111
89
72
70
70
69
64
49
43
41
40
40
36
32
24
22
21
19
18
17
17
17
15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRAGS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
10.2% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
9.0% →
TONEY 5.10 bits
7.9% →
TOILE 5.47 bits
4.7% →
TARRE 4.45 bits
3.8% →
CONTE 4.84 bits
3.1% →
SHOTE 4.66 bits
3.0% →
CLOTE 4.59 bits
3.0% →
STILE 4.49 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 5.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1A1G2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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