5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

PRIED

PRIED is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɹaɪd//pɾaɪd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of pry

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

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 PRIED performs as a guess

PRIED is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #166 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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___D P in the 1st position and D in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SLATE COAST SATIN TEASE ROAST
Words starting with P Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRIED 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#166 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRIED ranks #166 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
1,040
4 guesses
1,069
5 guesses
146
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PRIED in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

390
266
149
130
106
99
91
79
72
50
50
48
43
40
39
35
35
30
24
23
23
21
19
19
18
14
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRIED:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SLANT 5.98 bits
11.3% →
SLATE 5.81 bits
6.3% →
COAST 5.34 bits
5.5% →
SATIN 5.06 bits
4.5% →
TEASE 4.61 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 3.66 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 5.21 bits
3.3% →
EATEN 4.35 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.79 bits
2.1% →
LEANT 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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