5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRIER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A person who pries.

Alternative forms: pryer

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 PRIER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRIER 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,518 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

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SAULT SLATE SATIN COAST SLANT CEASE
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRIER 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,518 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRIER ranks #5,518 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,150
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
39%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

462
321
166
129
100
98
97
86
82
56
54
53
53
38
35
31
28
25
22
22
20
17
17
17
16
16
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRIER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SATIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
SAULT 5.91 bits
13.6% →
SLATE 5.72 bits
7.0% →
SATIN 4.97 bits
5.5% →
COAST 5.29 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
4.2% →
CEASE 4.51 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.57 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.41 bits
3.5% →
COAST 3.54 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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