5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLOOT

PLOOT 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

Noun

Alternative spelling of plout

Noun

Alternative spelling of plute

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 PLOOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLOOT 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,837 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___T P in the 1st position and T in the 5th position P__O_ P in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE RAILE TARTE MORNE SIREN SNAKE
Words starting with P Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLOOT 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
#5,837 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLOOT ranks #5,837 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,185
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
34%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
234
223
153
129
101
87
78
60
59
52
43
39
24
24
24
23
22
20
17
15
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLOOT:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
RAISE 6.18 bits
9.9% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
9.5% →
TARTE 5.64 bits
6.5% →
MORNE 5.12 bits
5.5% →
SIREN 5.26 bits
4.3% →
SNAKE 4.91 bits
3.7% →
RAISE 5.34 bits
3.3% →
CRANE 5.14 bits
2.5% →
CARLE 3.92 bits
2.5% →
SAINE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1O1O1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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