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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PROOK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PROOK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROOK 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 66.4% of games, misses completely in 33.6%, and leaves about 353 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,585 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___K P in the 1st position and K in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET LEANT CADET ROATE SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
353 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROOK 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,585 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROOK ranks #10,585 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
774
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
25
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
2 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
31%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

793
326
185
136
98
95
71
67
56
49
48
37
37
30
28
23
22
17
16
14
14
11
10
10
10
9
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROOK:

34% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.6% →
SLATE 6.25 bits
13.8% →
SALET 5.34 bits
7.8% →
LEANT 4.82 bits
5.8% →
CADET 4.92 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 5.40 bits
4.0% →
ROATE 4.22 bits
3.0% →
SLANT 5.07 bits
2.8% →
SLATE 4.94 bits
2.4% →
SLANE 4.84 bits
2.1% →
ANILE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1O1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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