5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PLASH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /plæʃ/

Noun

A small pool of standing water; a marshy pond; also, a puddle; (uncountable) marshy land; mire.

Noun

A sound made by something hitting the surface of water or some other liquid, or by water or some other liquid hitting something; also, an act causing this sound; a splash.

Verb

To hit (someone or something) with water or some other liquid, causing a splashing sound; to splash.

Verb

To hit the surface of water or some other liquid, causing a splashing sound; also, to move in water with a splashing sound; to splash.

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 PLASH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLASH 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #884 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___H P in the 1st position and H in the 5th position P__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__H L in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TONER LIBEL RONTE CARTE DRICE TRICE
Words starting with P Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLASH 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#884 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLASH ranks #884 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,012
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
10
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
33%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
258
158
142
112
89
76
71
58
57
52
51
45
42
37
34
30
29
26
26
22
18
18
17
17
16
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLASH:

21% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
7% chance
Suggested:
LIBEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TONER 6.12 bits
10.9% →
TONER 5.47 bits
6.7% →
LIBEL 5.07 bits
6.0% →
RONTE 5.43 bits
4.7% →
CARTE 4.52 bits
3.8% →
DRICE 4.78 bits
3.2% →
TRICE 5.36 bits
3.0% →
CONTE 4.56 bits
2.5% →
RUOTE 4.97 bits
2.4% →
RUOTE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1S1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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