5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PROAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of proa

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 PROAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROAS 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,584 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TILDE LANCE TONEY RIVET STILE THALE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROAS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,584 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROAS ranks #1,584 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
13
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:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
240
151
139
134
115
105
90
69
52
52
49
47
45
42
38
35
31
30
28
24
22
21
21
20
19
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16
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROAS:

14% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
10% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
6% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
TILDE 5.93 bits
10.2% →
LANCE 5.31 bits
6.4% →
TONEY 4.83 bits
5.9% →
RIVET 4.79 bits
5.7% →
STILE 5.34 bits
4.9% →
THALE 4.99 bits
4.5% →
MATEY 4.48 bits
3.8% →
RONTE 4.47 bits
2.9% →
BLITE 4.51 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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