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Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

PRATE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɹeɪt/

Noun

Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.

Verb

To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.

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.

Why this solver ranks PRATE highly

This solver ranks PRATE highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 84 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #41 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #36 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.54 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SONLY OLDEN HOIST SORRY CAROL
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.70 Entropy (bits)
84 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRATE 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.

3.54 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#36 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRATE ranks #36 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
98
3 guesses
1,047
4 guesses
1,054
5 guesses
141
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
2 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
42%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

138 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

275
147
124
116
114
100
79
68
64
64
60
50
49
46
41
39
38
37
37
34
33
28
25
24
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22
21
21
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRATE:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
6% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
5% chance
Suggested:
OLDEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
SOILY 5.73 bits
6.2% →
SONLY 5.19 bits
5.3% →
OLDEN 4.99 bits
4.9% →
SOILY 4.70 bits
4.8% →
SOILY 3.86 bits
4.2% →
HOIST 5.08 bits
3.4% →
SORRY 4.71 bits
2.9% →
CAROL 4.49 bits
2.7% →
TAUNT 4.31 bits
2.7% →
SLACK 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1A1T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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