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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PRIOR

Yes, PRIOR was the Wordle answer on June 17, 2024 (Wordle #1094).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ.ə//ˈpɹaɪ.(ə)ɹ//ˈpɹɑe.ə/

Adjective

Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.

“His prior residence was smaller than his current one.”

Adjective

More important or significant.

Adverb

Chiefly followed by to: in advance, before, previously.

“The doctor had known three months prior.”

Noun

A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.

Alternative forms: priour

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 17, 2024 (#1094).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PRIOR performs as a guess

PRIOR 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,959 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

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SLATE LEANT REAST SLANE CADET COATE
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRIOR 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,959 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRIOR ranks #5,959 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
12

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
36%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
P R I M O
P R I O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PRIOR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
262
193
152
140
101
82
72
70
52
52
40
40
40
33
32
32
22
20
19
19
19
17
15
15
15
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRIOR:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SLATE 6.34 bits
11.1% →
SLATE 5.15 bits
8.2% →
LEANT 5.12 bits
6.4% →
REAST 5.32 bits
5.9% →
SLANE 5.15 bits
4.3% →
CADET 4.92 bits
3.5% →
COATE 4.49 bits
3.1% →
LEAST 5.16 bits
3.0% →
SAULT 4.27 bits
2.2% →
LEANT 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1O1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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