5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRILL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɹɪl/

Verb

to flow, spurt

Noun

a rill, a small stream

Noun

a pellet, a granule, a small bead

Verb

to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling

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 PRILL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRILL 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,267 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COATE TERRA SLANE SIENT STANE SIDER
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRILL 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,267 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRILL ranks #7,267 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
13

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
35%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
337
178
164
145
106
75
68
59
57
46
39
39
34
31
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRILL:

23% chance
Suggested:
COATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
COATE 6.04 bits
14.3% →
TERRA 5.38 bits
7.5% →
SLANE 5.37 bits
7.0% →
SIENT 4.95 bits
6.1% →
COATE 5.09 bits
4.5% →
STANE 5.23 bits
3.2% →
SIDER 4.40 bits
2.9% →
SPATE 4.95 bits
2.5% →
ATONE 4.33 bits
2.4% →
SAUTE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1L1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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