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PROVE

Yes, PROVE was the Wordle answer on November 29, 2021 (Wordle #163).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːv/[ˈpʰɹʷʊu̯v]/pɹəʊv/

Verb

To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.

“I will prove that my method is more effective than yours.”

Verb

To turn out; to manifest.

“It proved to be a cold day.”

Noun

The process of dough proofing.

Alternative forms: proove

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: November 29, 2021 (#163).

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

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How PROVE performs as a guess

PROVE 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,678 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__V_ P in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT SAULT TONAL SALET SAURY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROVE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,678 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROVE ranks #4,678 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
909
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
16
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
37%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PROVE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

442
221
176
172
163
116
85
81
80
56
43
41
40
37
35
33
32
31
29
24
20
19
17
16
15
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROVE:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SAINT 6.10 bits
9.4% →
SLANT 5.47 bits
7.5% →
SAULT 5.27 bits
7.3% →
TONAL 4.94 bits
6.9% →
SALET 4.50 bits
4.9% →
SAURY 4.68 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.65 bits
3.4% →
TARRE 4.13 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.65 bits
2.4% →
SLATY 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1V4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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