5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PROLL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To prowl or search after; to plunder, to rob.

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 PROLL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROLL 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,723 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___L P in the 1st position and L in the 5th position P__L_ P in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE SATED SAICE CONTE CADET TARRE
Words starting with P Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROLL 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROLL ranks #6,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
34%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

558
280
175
175
144
121
77
70
66
52
43
42
42
35
33
33
29
22
21
19
19
17
16
16
15
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROLL:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
12% chance
Suggested:
SATED
7% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
SAINE 6.23 bits
11.9% →
SATED 5.35 bits
7.4% →
SAICE 5.44 bits
7.4% →
CONTE 5.14 bits
6.1% →
CADET 5.06 bits
5.1% →
TARRE 4.62 bits
3.3% →
STANE 4.61 bits
3.0% →
STANE 5.06 bits
2.8% →
CASTE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
SAINT 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1L1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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