5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLAGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PLAGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLAGA 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 313 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,666 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _L__A L in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE CATER TOILE TRICE TALER STIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
313 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLAGA 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,666 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLAGA ranks #8,666 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
250
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
30%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

745
267
191
151
105
99
95
81
71
45
39
35
30
25
24
24
21
21
20
18
16
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12
11
11
11
10
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLAGA:

32% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
CATER
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
TORSE 6.20 bits
11.3% →
CATER 5.40 bits
8.1% →
TOILE 5.04 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 5.22 bits
4.5% →
TALER 4.57 bits
4.2% →
STIRE 5.25 bits
4.0% →
TRONE 5.33 bits
3.4% →
SOUCE 4.77 bits
3.0% →
IRONE 5.10 bits
1.9% →
DOREE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1G2A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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