5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PREON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.

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 PREON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PREON 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,011 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE SETAE SAINT SLATY SHALT
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PREON 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,011 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PREON ranks #1,011 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
996
4 guesses
1,091
5 guesses
179
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:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
254
164
155
141
111
68
64
64
62
61
50
50
49
43
32
32
28
28
26
25
25
21
21
20
18
18
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PREON:

13% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
SAULT 5.89 bits
10.8% →
SLATE 5.61 bits
7.0% →
SETAE 4.71 bits
6.6% →
SAULT 5.04 bits
6.0% →
SAINT 5.21 bits
4.7% →
SLATY 4.89 bits
2.9% →
SHALT 5.12 bits
2.7% →
ANISE 4.52 bits
2.7% →
SOLVE 4.34 bits
2.6% →
SLATY 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1E1O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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