5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PROKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To poke or thrust.

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 PROKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROKE 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,750 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT DEALT SAULT TONAL SALET CARAT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROKE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,750 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROKE ranks #3,750 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
16
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
38%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

392
216
185
178
171
112
86
69
69
52
51
47
43
38
36
34
33
32
32
31
24
21
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19
18
17
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROKE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
9.2% →
DEALT 5.37 bits
7.8% →
SAULT 5.34 bits
7.5% →
TONAL 4.92 bits
7.3% →
SALET 4.45 bits
4.7% →
CARAT 4.81 bits
3.6% →
TARRE 4.10 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.63 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.59 bits
2.2% →
SLATY 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1K5E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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