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PRONE

Yes, PRONE was the Wordle answer on October 13, 2024 (Wordle #1212).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɹəʊn//pɹoʊn//pɹəʉn/

Adjective

Lying face-down.

“prone position”

Adjective

Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.

“The hand is in the prone position typically when using a keyboard; and the forearm is then also in the prone position; when the foot is resting on the inner side of the sole, it is in the prone position.”

Verb

To place in a prone position, to place face down.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 13, 2024 (#1212).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PRONE performs as a guess

PRONE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 104 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #299 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT DEALT SALET SLATY MANIC TARRE
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.37 Entropy (bits)
104 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRONE 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#299 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRONE ranks #299 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
1,017
4 guesses
1,080
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
11
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:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
41%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R O N G
P R O N E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PRONE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
167
155
147
120
111
80
74
71
67
62
58
49
46
37
37
36
33
32
32
31
29
28
27
25
24
18
18
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRONE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
7% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
SAULT 5.89 bits
7.1% →
DEALT 5.47 bits
6.6% →
SAULT 5.50 bits
6.2% →
SALET 4.52 bits
5.1% →
SAULT 4.87 bits
4.7% →
SLATY 4.89 bits
3.4% →
MANIC 4.72 bits
3.1% →
SAULT 4.83 bits
3.0% →
TARRE 4.21 bits
2.8% →
SHALT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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