5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLINK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /plɪŋk/

Noun

A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.

Noun

The sound of water droplets falling onto a surface.

Verb

To make a plink sound.

Verb

(colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.

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 PLINK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLINK 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,335 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___K P in the 1st position and K in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE SOARE CADET TARSE STRAE TRADE
Words starting with P Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLINK 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,335 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLINK ranks #5,335 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
18
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:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
29%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

683
237
165
159
100
87
86
81
71
65
50
38
36
36
34
30
24
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLINK:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
ROATE 6.28 bits
10.1% →
ROATE 5.34 bits
7.0% →
SOARE 5.39 bits
6.7% →
CADET 5.21 bits
4.2% →
TARSE 5.62 bits
3.7% →
STRAE 4.84 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 5.04 bits
3.4% →
RANCE 4.52 bits
3.0% →
TOUSE 4.71 bits
2.8% →
LIBEL 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1I1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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