5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PROEM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.əm/

Noun

An introduction, preface or preamble.

Alternative forms: proheme

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 PROEM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROEM 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,237 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___M P in the 1st position and M in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__M R in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE SLANT REATE ROAST SLAIN
Words starting with P Words ending with M

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROEM 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,237 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROEM ranks #1,237 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
984
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
170
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
310
146
104
100
97
83
76
72
71
60
49
39
39
35
34
34
32
31
31
27
24
23
23
21
20
19
18
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROEM:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
SAINT 6.14 bits
13.1% →
SLATE 5.64 bits
6.2% →
SLANT 4.90 bits
4.4% →
SAINT 4.90 bits
4.2% →
REATE 4.56 bits
4.1% →
SAINT 4.12 bits
3.5% →
SAINT 4.66 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.76 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.79 bits
3.0% →
ROAST 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1E1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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