5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PLATY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪti//ˈplæti/

Adjective

Resembling plates.

Adjective

Semy of plates (roundels argent).

Noun

Any of two species (and hybrids) of tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (which also includes the swordtails).

“I had a mixed community aquarium with several tetras, two mollies, some corydoras catfish, and a platy from a previous tank.”

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 PLATY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLATY 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,084 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE SHIER CANER GOIER DORSE CRISE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLATY 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
0.68 Volatility
#1,084 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLATY ranks #1,084 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
12
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:
ALT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
41%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
230
199
127
115
105
90
74
74
58
50
46
46
44
44
34
32
27
26
24
22
20
18
17
17
16
16
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLATY:

19% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
SHIER
8% chance
Suggested:
CANER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
RIONE 6.13 bits
9.8% →
SHIER 5.64 bits
8.4% →
CANER 5.41 bits
5.4% →
GOIER 5.00 bits
4.9% →
DORSE 4.70 bits
4.5% →
CRISE 4.92 bits
3.8% →
RANCE 4.48 bits
3.1% →
CRINE 4.29 bits
3.1% →
SONCE 4.71 bits
2.5% →
CRINE 5.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1T1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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