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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PLOOK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PLOOK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLOOK 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 62.7% of games, misses completely in 37.3%, and leaves about 403 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,008 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE RONTE TARSE ARISE STANE
Words starting with P Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
403 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLOOK 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,008 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLOOK ranks #12,008 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
30
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
29%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

879
278
213
111
98
96
69
68
66
60
43
30
27
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLOOK:

37% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.3% →
TIARE 6.31 bits
11.8% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
9.0% →
RONTE 5.20 bits
4.7% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
4.2% →
ARISE 4.94 bits
4.1% →
STANE 4.90 bits
2.9% →
LOYAL 3.87 bits
2.9% →
SANER 4.73 bits
2.8% →
SAINE 4.92 bits
2.5% →
SNARE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1O1O1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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