5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLONK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /plɒŋk//plɑŋk/

Interjection

The sound made by something solid landing.

Interjection

The supposed sound of adding a user to one's kill file.

Noun

The sound of something solid landing.

“I just heard a plonk – did something fall down in the kitchen?”

Verb

To set or toss (something) down carelessly.

“When you’ve finished with the sponge, just plonk it back in the sink.”

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 PLONK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLONK 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,867 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

TARSE RAILE CARET TIARE STARE CANER
Words starting with P Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLONK 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
#5,867 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLONK ranks #5,867 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
221
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
1 vowels
Common:
LNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

636
244
204
169
97
88
76
74
74
71
51
41
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLONK:

27% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
TARSE 6.41 bits
10.3% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
8.7% →
CARET 5.30 bits
7.2% →
TIARE 5.35 bits
4.1% →
TARSE 5.68 bits
3.7% →
STARE 4.88 bits
3.2% →
STARE 4.83 bits
3.1% →
TIARE 4.83 bits
3.1% →
CANER 4.47 bits
3.0% →
LOYAL 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1O1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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