5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PREOP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative form of pre-op.

Noun

Alternative form of pre-op.

Alternative forms: pre-op

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 PREOP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PREOP 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,731 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___P P in the 1st position and P in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__P R in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE SLANT SETAE SAURY SOLVE
Words starting with P Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PREOP 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
0.72 Volatility
#9,731 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PREOP ranks #9,731 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
284
6 guesses
18
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
343
213
198
122
94
91
86
77
54
51
46
37
35
35
34
29
27
26
23
16
15
15
13
13
11
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PREOP:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
SAINT 6.09 bits
14.5% →
SLATE 5.46 bits
9.0% →
SLANT 5.08 bits
8.4% →
SETAE 4.67 bits
5.2% →
SAURY 4.66 bits
4.0% →
SOLVE 4.31 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 5.10 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.63 bits
3.3% →
STARY 4.32 bits
2.3% →
SOWCE 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1E1O1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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