5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

PLIED

PLIED is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /plaɪd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of ply

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

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 PLIED performs as a guess

PLIED is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #837 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___D P in the 1st position and D in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__D L in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST COAST LOCAL THALE SHART DAUNT
Words starting with P Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLIED 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#837 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLIED ranks #837 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
I M P E L
P L I E D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PLIED in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
286
135
129
122
88
81
68
59
58
57
45
44
42
42
38
32
30
29
26
26
23
21
20
15
15
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLIED:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
6% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
ROAST 6.11 bits
12.1% →
ROAST 5.74 bits
5.7% →
ROAST 4.62 bits
5.5% →
COAST 5.18 bits
5.2% →
LOCAL 5.04 bits
3.7% →
THALE 4.54 bits
3.4% →
SHART 4.85 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.48 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.97 bits
2.5% →
DAUNT 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1I1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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