5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PREYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɹeɪz//pɹɛjz//pɹæɪz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of prey

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 PREYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PREYS 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,182 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__Y_ P in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE REATE STAIN DAILY CAROL
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PREYS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,182 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PREYS ranks #6,182 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
24%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
307
182
157
149
132
100
99
54
54
50
48
47
44
38
33
32
28
26
25
24
21
19
18
18
15
15
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PREYS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
13% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
REATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
TONAL 6.02 bits
13.0% →
ANILE 5.37 bits
7.7% →
REATE 4.49 bits
6.7% →
STAIN 5.30 bits
6.3% →
DAILY 4.59 bits
5.6% →
CAROL 5.22 bits
4.2% →
TRAIN 4.50 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.86 bits
2.3% →
SAULT 4.11 bits
2.3% →
COATE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1E1Y4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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