5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PLIES

PLIES 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

Pronunciation: /plaɪz/

Noun

plural of ply

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ply

Noun

plural of plie

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 PLIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLIES 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,140 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___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRADE SHART ANTIC ROAST LOYAL
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLIES 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
0.71 Volatility
#1,140 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLIES ranks #1,140 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
36%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

347
246
147
132
129
107
100
79
58
55
47
44
43
42
37
34
33
32
31
31
31
27
25
22
21
20
17
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLIES:

15% chance
Suggested:
COURT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
6% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
COURT 5.83 bits
10.4% →
TRADE 5.58 bits
6.2% →
SHART 5.27 bits
5.6% →
ANTIC 5.11 bits
5.5% →
ROAST 4.12 bits
4.5% →
LOYAL 4.90 bits
4.2% →
SHART 4.97 bits
3.3% →
LADLE 4.36 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.18 bits
2.3% →
CANOE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1I1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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