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PRIZE

Yes, PRIZE was the Wordle answer on August 31, 2022 (Wordle #438).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ̯z//ˈpɹɑ̟ɪ̯z//ˈpɹɒ̈ɪ̯z/

Noun

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

Noun

Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.

Verb

To consider highly valuable; to esteem.

Verb

To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.

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: August 31, 2022 (#438).

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

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How PRIZE performs as a guess

PRIZE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,268 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__Z_ P in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

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SAULT LEANT COAST LEAST SATIN SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRIZE 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
#7,268 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRIZE ranks #7,268 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
22
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
38%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R I S M
A C R I D
P R I Z E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PRIZE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

455
234
174
173
172
162
99
90
53
52
44
41
38
37
35
35
32
30
29
23
19
18
18
17
16
16
16
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRIZE:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
SAULT 5.93 bits
9.9% →
LEANT 5.26 bits
7.4% →
SAULT 5.43 bits
7.3% →
COAST 5.26 bits
7.3% →
LEAST 4.29 bits
6.9% →
SATIN 5.01 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 5.12 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.40 bits
2.2% →
ROAST 4.16 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1I1Z10E1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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