5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PLEON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpliːɒn/

Noun

The abdomen of a crustacean.

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 PLEON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLEON 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,165 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___N P in the 1st position and N in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

STAIR SHART STILL GIANT REATE TORSE
Words starting with P Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLEON 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
0.69 Volatility
#1,165 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLEON ranks #1,165 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
14
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:
ELNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
29%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

315
314
159
127
124
112
95
80
79
58
56
53
53
42
37
34
27
27
26
23
23
21
20
20
20
20
18
18
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLEON:

13% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
13% chance
Suggested:
SHART
7% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
STAIR 5.51 bits
13.3% →
SHART 6.00 bits
6.7% →
SHART 5.17 bits
5.4% →
STILL 4.89 bits
5.3% →
GIANT 5.22 bits
4.7% →
REATE 4.87 bits
4.0% →
TORSE 4.51 bits
3.4% →
SIREE 4.58 bits
3.4% →
SHART 5.00 bits
2.5% →
LOYAL 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1E1O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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