5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PRYER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A person who pries; a pry.

Alternative forms: prier

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 PRYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PRYER 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,875 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT SAULT COAST REAST COATE
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PRYER 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,875 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PRYER ranks #9,875 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
19
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
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
390
196
133
113
103
100
98
66
55
43
41
39
38
38
25
23
21
20
18
17
15
15
13
13
12
12
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11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PRYER:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
17% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
SAINT 6.16 bits
16.5% →
SLANT 5.59 bits
8.3% →
SAULT 4.66 bits
5.6% →
COAST 5.37 bits
4.8% →
SAINT 4.70 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 3.77 bits
4.2% →
REAST 4.72 bits
2.8% →
COATE 4.41 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1Y4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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