5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRIUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Ellipsis of Toyota Prius, a compact/small family liftback (supermini/subcompact sedan until 2003) produced by Toyota.

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 PRIUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRIUS 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,686 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__U_ P in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE TERRA STALE TILDE CLOTE CLADE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRIUS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,686 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRIUS ranks #2,686 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

448
249
187
168
132
112
91
70
68
63
51
47
44
39
38
36
33
26
21
18
17
17
15
15
15
14
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRIUS:

19% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
11% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
8% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
LANCE 6.05 bits
10.6% →
TERRA 5.30 bits
7.9% →
STALE 5.81 bits
7.1% →
TILDE 5.05 bits
5.6% →
CLOTE 4.86 bits
4.7% →
CLADE 4.81 bits
3.9% →
CLONE 4.95 bits
3.0% →
CADET 4.50 bits
2.9% →
STOAE 4.71 bits
2.7% →
SHALT 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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