5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PROGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of prog

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 PROGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROGS 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,024 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE STALE TERRA TONAL CADIE TARRE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROGS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,024 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROGS ranks #3,024 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
243
234
168
110
107
79
73
63
55
50
49
44
37
35
34
28
23
23
19
19
18
18
17
16
15
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROGS:

21% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
10% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
TERRA

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
LIANE 6.09 bits
10.3% →
STALE 5.75 bits
9.9% →
TERRA 5.25 bits
7.1% →
TONAL 5.05 bits
4.7% →
CADIE 5.11 bits
4.5% →
TARRE 4.57 bits
3.3% →
LIANE 5.26 bits
3.1% →
SETAE 4.71 bits
2.7% →
BLATE 4.57 bits
2.3% →
ALINE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1G2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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