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PLATE

Yes, PLATE was the Wordle answer on April 20, 2023 (Wordle #670).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯t/[ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯t]/ˈplæ̝ɪ̯t/

Noun

A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

“I filled my plate from the bountiful table.”

Noun

Such dishes collectively.

“A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum.”

Verb

To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.

“This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.”

Verb

To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.

“After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.”

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 20, 2023 (#670).

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

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How PLATE performs as a guess

PLATE 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 88.9% of games, misses completely in 11.1%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #231 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.

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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CRONY SENOR MANOR HOIST DILLY SETER
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.54 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLATE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#231 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLATE ranks #231 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
95
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
134
6 guesses
15
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:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
40%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L A S P
P L A T E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PLATE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

133 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

261
184
151
132
131
96
87
71
66
62
60
56
46
44
39
39
38
35
28
28
28
25
24
23
21
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18
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17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLATE:

11% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
8% chance
Suggested:
SENOR
6% chance
Suggested:
MANOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.1% →
CRONY 5.62 bits
7.8% →
SENOR 4.97 bits
6.4% →
MANOR 5.26 bits
5.6% →
HOIST 5.33 bits
5.6% →
SENOR 4.68 bits
4.1% →
DILLY 4.79 bits
3.7% →
SETER 4.84 bits
3.0% →
SHARD 4.37 bits
2.8% →
SONAR 4.31 bits
2.6% →
AMBER 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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