5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Contraction of perhaps.

Alternative forms: p'r'aps, p'raps

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 PRAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRAPS 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,747 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__P_ P in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TONEY TARRE CONTE CLINE STILE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRAPS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,747 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRAPS ranks #9,747 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
772
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
29%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

531
289
240
207
128
111
82
74
74
67
51
45
38
34
28
28
21
18
17
15
15
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRAPS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
12.3% →
TOILE 5.23 bits
10.2% →
TONEY 5.12 bits
8.8% →
TOILE 5.42 bits
5.4% →
TARRE 4.45 bits
4.7% →
CONTE 4.73 bits
3.5% →
CLINE 4.68 bits
3.1% →
STILE 4.49 bits
3.1% →
SHOTE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
SALET 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1A1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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