5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PLANC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% 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 PLANC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLANC 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #389 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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 4th position

Try next

TORSE TAMER TOILE SIDER CRUET STURE
Words starting with P Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLANC 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#389 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLANC ranks #389 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
1,029
4 guesses
1,094
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
8
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:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

480
203
164
151
123
108
100
76
70
65
55
51
49
41
32
31
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLANC:

20% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TAMER
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TORSE 6.34 bits
8.6% →
TAMER 5.37 bits
7.0% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
6.4% →
SIDER 5.36 bits
5.2% →
CRUET 5.33 bits
4.6% →
STURE 5.19 bits
4.2% →
TARSE 4.74 bits
3.2% →
RUOTE 4.63 bits
3.0% →
STIRE 5.20 bits
2.8% →
MASON 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1N1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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