5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PROPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of prop

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of prop

Noun

Respect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of approval or a special acknowledgment; accolades; praise.

“I've got to give props to Roger for the way he handled that situation.”

Interjection

An acclamation of respect or recognition.

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 PROPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROPS 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,859 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__P_ P in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROPS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,859 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROPS ranks #9,859 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
21
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
265
265
209
138
120
76
76
53
46
46
42
37
33
18
17
17
16
16
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
10
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROPS:

26% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
TERRA

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
LIANE 6.16 bits
11.2% →
STALE 5.70 bits
11.2% →
TERRA 5.23 bits
8.9% →
LEANT 5.03 bits
5.9% →
CADIE 5.00 bits
5.1% →
TARRE 4.58 bits
3.2% →
BLATE 4.62 bits
3.2% →
STRAE 4.66 bits
2.2% →
NAICE 5.00 bits
2.0% →
CONTE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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