5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

PLAIT

Yes, PLAIT was the Wordle answer on April 3, 2024 (Wordle #1019).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pleɪt//plæt/

Noun

A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.

“a box plait”

Noun

A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Verb

To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat

“to plait a ruffle”

Verb

To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

“to plait hair”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 3, 2024 (#1019).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PLAIT performs as a guess

PLAIT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #70 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #26 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.54 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___T P in the 1st position and T in the 5th position P__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DORSE CANER RINSE SHOER ROULE CRUSE
Words starting with P Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLAIT 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.

3.54 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#26 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLAIT ranks #26 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
1,111
4 guesses
993
5 guesses
156
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
2 vowels
Common:
AILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
37%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
P L A I T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PLAIT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
202
171
126
114
107
92
66
65
56
55
50
46
40
36
34
32
31
30
28
25
25
25
21
21
21
20
19
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLAIT:

16% chance
Suggested:
DORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
CANER
7% chance
Suggested:
RINSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
DORSE 6.03 bits
8.6% →
CANER 5.28 bits
7.3% →
RINSE 5.47 bits
5.3% →
SHOER 5.48 bits
4.8% →
ROULE 4.94 bits
4.5% →
CRUSE 5.03 bits
3.9% →
SANER 4.56 bits
2.8% →
CRUSE 5.12 bits
2.8% →
TARTE 4.59 bits
2.4% →
SONCE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1I1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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