5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PROTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Clipping of prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something.

Noun

A prototype of a design.

Noun

A protogen.

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 PROTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROTO 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,835 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__O R in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE LEASE SALET LEANY DIANE MORAE
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROTO 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,835 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROTO ranks #7,835 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
251
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
2 vowels
Common:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
31%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

598
258
226
152
109
89
77
76
74
61
56
54
43
32
31
25
24
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21
18
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9
9
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROTO:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
11% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
SLANE 6.20 bits
10.9% →
LEASE 5.13 bits
9.6% →
SALET 5.51 bits
6.4% →
LEANY 4.85 bits
4.6% →
DIANE 5.05 bits
3.8% →
MORAE 4.16 bits
3.3% →
SLIME 5.13 bits
3.2% →
SEARE 4.61 bits
3.1% →
SAYNE 4.67 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1T1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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