5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PREES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pree

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 PREES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PREES 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,773 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE SAULT CAROL TRAIN TOILE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PREES 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,773 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PREES ranks #5,773 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
236
210
179
110
90
87
82
73
52
49
41
41
37
32
24
22
22
19
18
17
17
16
16
15
14
14
14
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PREES:

21% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
10% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TONAL 5.88 bits
10.0% →
ANILE 5.38 bits
8.9% →
SAULT 5.23 bits
7.6% →
CAROL 5.23 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 4.44 bits
3.8% →
TOILE 3.39 bits
3.7% →
REARM 4.42 bits
3.5% →
SHALT 4.80 bits
3.1% →
OLDEN 4.35 bits
2.2% →
SHORT 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1E1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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