5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRINK

PRINK 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: /ˈpɹɪŋk/[ˈpʰɹʷɪŋk]/ˈpɹiŋk/

Noun

The act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing oneself up.

Verb

To look, gaze.

Verb

To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up.

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 PRINK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRINK 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,092 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___K P in the 1st position and K in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TERRA SALET CANOE COATE CADET
Words starting with P Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRINK 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,092 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRINK ranks #3,092 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,150
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

565
334
149
143
108
90
86
72
68
66
50
46
36
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRINK:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
6% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SLATE 6.41 bits
14.2% →
TERRA 5.38 bits
6.3% →
SALET 5.00 bits
6.1% →
CANOE 5.15 bits
4.6% →
COATE 5.05 bits
3.8% →
SLATE 5.08 bits
3.6% →
SLATE 5.43 bits
3.1% →
CADET 4.27 bits
2.9% →
CADET 4.54 bits
2.8% →
SAULT 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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