5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PRYAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A soft, white clay.

Alternative forms: prian

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 PRYAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRYAN 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,293 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__A_ P in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE SOLDE CADET SCOTE
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRYAN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,293 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRYAN ranks #2,293 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
12
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:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
255
217
157
119
115
95
73
65
57
55
51
43
42
41
34
30
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRYAN:

16% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
TOILE 6.18 bits
10.8% →
SLATE 5.66 bits
9.2% →
TOISE 5.31 bits
6.7% →
TOISE 5.45 bits
5.0% →
SOLDE 4.70 bits
4.9% →
CADET 4.50 bits
4.0% →
SCOTE 4.77 bits
3.1% →
TUILE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
STILE 5.25 bits
2.4% →
SALET 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1Y4A1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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