5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PRIAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of pair royal.

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 PRIAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRIAL 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #362 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___L P in the 1st position and L in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STONE SORER SOUCE CONTE CADET STALE
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRIAL 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#362 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRIAL ranks #362 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
1,051
4 guesses
1,047
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
13
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:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
227
207
135
125
113
112
87
74
58
54
43
42
39
38
35
31
31
29
25
23
22
21
18
17
17
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRIAL:

12% chance
Suggested:
STONE
10% chance
Suggested:
STONE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
STONE 5.88 bits
9.6% →
STONE 5.21 bits
8.8% →
SORER 5.25 bits
5.7% →
SOUCE 5.20 bits
5.3% →
CONTE 5.12 bits
4.8% →
CADET 4.46 bits
4.7% →
STALE 4.84 bits
3.7% →
STONE 5.19 bits
3.1% →
CONTE 4.75 bits
2.5% →
RINSE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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