5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PROWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pɹaʊz/

Noun

plural of prow

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 PROWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROWS 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,600 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__W_ P in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROWS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,600 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROWS ranks #5,600 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
25%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
246
244
187
124
107
68
67
59
51
51
47
40
37
33
22
20
19
19
19
16
16
16
15
15
14
13
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROWS:

24% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
10% chance
Suggested:
CADET
10% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
LIANE 6.19 bits
10.4% →
CADET 5.26 bits
10.3% →
STALE 5.70 bits
7.9% →
LEANT 5.08 bits
5.3% →
CADIE 5.06 bits
4.5% →
TARRE 4.63 bits
2.9% →
STRAE 4.71 bits
2.8% →
BLATE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
ALINE 4.94 bits
2.2% →
THALE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1W4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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