5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PLAUR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

Check PLAUR on Wiktionary or report a missing entry.

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 PLAUR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLAUR 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,620 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__U_ P in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT TRONE TONEY HELLO SONCE SALLE
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLAUR 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,620 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLAUR ranks #1,620 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
169
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:
ALRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
36%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
218
187
135
132
98
88
86
84
84
61
53
49
48
39
34
31
30
29
26
26
24
23
22
18
18
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLAUR:

14% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
SIENT 6.09 bits
9.2% →
TRONE 5.29 bits
7.9% →
TONEY 5.13 bits
5.7% →
HELLO 5.06 bits
5.6% →
SONCE 4.96 bits
4.2% →
SALLE 4.61 bits
3.7% →
TARRE 4.44 bits
3.6% →
DRICE 4.38 bits
3.6% →
TOISE 3.75 bits
3.6% →
SHITE 5.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1A1U1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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