5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PRION

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːɒn//ˈpɹaɪən/

Noun

A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.

Noun

A petrel of the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.

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 PRION performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRION 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #275 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET LEAST ROATE CASTE CADET
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRION 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#275 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRION ranks #275 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,065
4 guesses
1,049
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
216
189
130
127
105
90
87
65
60
57
48
45
39
36
31
28
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRION:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
SLATE 6.44 bits
9.2% →
SALET 5.33 bits
8.0% →
SLATE 5.19 bits
5.5% →
LEAST 5.26 bits
5.4% →
SALET 5.10 bits
4.5% →
ROATE 4.34 bits
3.8% →
SLATE 5.12 bits
3.7% →
CASTE 5.04 bits
2.8% →
SLATE 5.24 bits
2.5% →
CADET 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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