5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRUNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

(Of skin) wrinkled, especially in reference to the rugosity of digits soaked in water.

Adjective

Resembling prunes, prune-like.

“It has a pruney flavor.”

Alternative forms: pruney

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 PRUNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRUNY 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,317 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET TOILE COATE STAGE SURER
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRUNY 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,317 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRUNY ranks #2,317 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
39%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

535
294
177
147
142
96
82
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66
57
56
48
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRUNY:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
SLATE 6.42 bits
12.5% →
SALET 5.45 bits
7.5% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
6.2% →
SALET 4.90 bits
6.0% →
COATE 5.20 bits
4.1% →
SLATE 4.96 bits
3.5% →
SLATE 5.32 bits
2.9% →
STAGE 4.84 bits
2.8% →
SLATE 4.84 bits
2.4% →
SURER 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1U1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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