5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of plap

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 PLAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLAPS 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,004 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__P_ P in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ROUET LIBEL CARTE DRICE CONTE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLAPS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,004 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLAPS ranks #9,004 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
14

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

626
294
240
184
117
115
72
68
66
59
47
35
34
33
26
26
21
19
19
18
16
16
15
13
11
11
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLAPS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TONER
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
TONER 6.14 bits
12.5% →
TONER 5.43 bits
10.2% →
ROUET 5.63 bits
7.8% →
LIBEL 5.03 bits
5.0% →
CARTE 4.55 bits
4.9% →
DRICE 5.04 bits
3.1% →
CONTE 4.60 bits
2.9% →
TASER 4.68 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 4.26 bits
2.5% →
CRONE 4.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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