5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PRIAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of pryan.

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 PRIAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRIAN 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #531 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE SORER THALE TILDE TOUSE
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRIAN 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
#531 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRIAN ranks #531 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
1,045
4 guesses
1,054
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
11
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:
AINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
34%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

315
263
199
119
115
106
81
77
65
58
55
51
47
47
45
36
32
31
29
27
25
24
18
17
17
16
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRIAN:

13% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
STOLE 5.97 bits
11.2% →
SLATE 5.70 bits
8.4% →
SORER 5.26 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.48 bits
4.9% →
TILDE 4.95 bits
4.5% →
TOUSE 5.03 bits
3.4% →
CLOSE 4.91 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 4.23 bits
2.8% →
SCOTE 4.65 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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