5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLACK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /plæk/[pʰl̥æk]/plak/

Noun

Misspelling of plaque.

Noun

A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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 PLACK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLACK 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 72.0% of games, misses completely in 28.0%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,122 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___K P in the 1st position and K in the 5th position P__C_ P in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRINE TOILE TARSE STIRE CRONE
Words starting with P Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLACK 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,122 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLACK ranks #4,122 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
13
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:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

660
271
175
119
117
100
79
62
59
57
49
33
28
27
25
25
23
23
21
21
20
19
18
17
15
14
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLACK:

28% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.0% →
TONER 6.12 bits
11.5% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
7.4% →
TOILE 5.11 bits
5.0% →
TARSE 4.63 bits
5.0% →
STIRE 5.25 bits
4.2% →
CRONE 5.42 bits
3.4% →
SUITE 5.16 bits
2.6% →
FRISE 4.49 bits
2.5% →
NOISE 4.98 bits
2.4% →
TONER 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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