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PROSE

Yes, PROSE was the Wordle answer on January 17, 2025 (Wordle #1308).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊz//ˈpɹoʊz/

Noun

Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

“Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.”

Noun

Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

Verb

To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

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: January 17, 2025 (#1308).

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

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How PROSE performs as a guess

PROSE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.3% of games, misses completely in 12.7%, and leaves about 104 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,500 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

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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__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TUNIC LEANT TONAL AGILE SAINT CARRY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.39 Entropy (bits)
104 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROSE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,500 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROSE ranks #1,500 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
40%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PROSE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

300
183
149
147
134
127
88
77
70
52
48
47
39
38
35
34
33
33
33
32
30
29
28
25
21
21
20
18
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROSE:

13% chance
Suggested:
TUNIC
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
6% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
TUNIC 5.63 bits
7.8% →
LEANT 5.34 bits
6.3% →
LEANT 4.48 bits
6.2% →
TONAL 4.97 bits
5.7% →
AGILE 4.57 bits
5.4% →
SAINT 5.18 bits
3.7% →
CARRY 4.77 bits
3.3% →
CAROM 4.41 bits
3.0% →
TRAIN 4.31 bits
2.2% →
BLOAT 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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