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

PLANE

Yes, PLANE was the Wordle answer on October 5, 2025 (Wordle #1569).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pleɪn/

Adjective

Of a surface: flat or level.

Noun

A level or flat surface.

Noun

A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.

Verb

To smooth (wood) with a plane.

Alternative forms: 'plane

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: October 5, 2025 (#1569).

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

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How PLANE performs as a guess

PLANE 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #274 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

P___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SHORT DETER CARAT TORSE SILLY TONIC
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.46 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLANE 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#274 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLANE ranks #274 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
100
3 guesses
980
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
14
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:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
41%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
P L A C E
P L A N E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PLANE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

133 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

295
197
152
120
102
80
79
74
69
69
62
61
52
48
46
42
37
34
31
29
29
28
22
22
20
19
19
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLANE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
8% chance
Suggested:
DETER
6% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
SHORT 6.03 bits
8.4% →
DETER 5.39 bits
6.4% →
CARAT 5.12 bits
5.1% →
TORSE 4.67 bits
4.3% →
SILLY 4.74 bits
3.4% →
TONIC 4.98 bits
3.4% →
SHART 4.85 bits
3.1% →
SENOR 4.34 bits
2.9% →
TAMER 4.33 bits
2.9% →
SOILY 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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