5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRANG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæŋ/[ˈpʰɹʷæŋ]/ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋ/

Noun

An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties.

Noun

Crack cocaine.

Verb

To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.

Verb

To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle).

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 PRANG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRANG 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,059 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__G R in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SORER SALET STILE TARRE SCOTE
Words starting with P Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% 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 PRANG 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,059 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRANG ranks #2,059 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,138
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:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

431
238
223
141
118
112
87
80
79
67
50
45
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRANG:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SORER
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
TOILE 6.15 bits
10.1% →
SORER 5.23 bits
9.5% →
SALET 5.48 bits
6.0% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
5.0% →
STILE 5.18 bits
4.7% →
TARRE 4.55 bits
3.7% →
SCOTE 4.81 bits
3.4% →
STILE 5.28 bits
3.4% →
GUILE 4.98 bits
2.8% →
LANCE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1A1N1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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