5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PRESS

Yes, PRESS was the Wordle answer on September 19, 2024 (Wordle #1188).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɹɛs//pɹes//pɾɛs/

Noun

An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.

Noun

A device used to apply pressure to an item.

“a flower press”

Verb

To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.

Verb

To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 19, 2024 (#1188).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PRESS performs as a guess

PRESS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,904 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.

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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__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% 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 PRESS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,904 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRESS ranks #9,904 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
271
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
28%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
C R E S S
P R E S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PRESS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
345
206
179
159
110
68
58
55
49
44
41
37
32
32
31
26
25
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22
18
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRESS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
15% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
REATE

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
8.7% →
REATE 4.46 bits
7.6% →
CAROL 5.23 bits
6.7% →
SAINT 5.15 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 4.44 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.58 bits
2.5% →
LEANT 4.35 bits
2.3% →
CADIE 4.08 bits
2.1% →
SAUNT 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1E1S1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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