5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PREPS

PREPS 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

Pronunciation: /pɹɛps/

Noun

plural of prep

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of prep

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 PREPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PREPS 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 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,341 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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

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

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PREPS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,341 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PREPS ranks #10,341 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
762
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
19
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:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
25%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
345
210
206
179
110
105
58
55
52
48
41
34
33
25
23
22
19
17
17
15
14
13
13
12
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PREPS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
15% 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
14.6% →
ANILE 5.34 bits
8.9% →
SAULT 5.23 bits
8.7% →
REATE 4.46 bits
7.6% →
CAROL 5.23 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 4.44 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.89 bits
2.5% →
LEANT 4.35 bits
2.3% →
CADIE 4.08 bits
2.2% →
SHORT 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1E1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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