5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PLOTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of plot

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of plot

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 PLOTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLOTS 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #554 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__T_ P in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE RAILE TIARE CANER SNARE RAISE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLOTS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#554 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLOTS ranks #554 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,019
4 guesses
1,101
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
11
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:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
192
185
183
166
85
74
70
63
60
56
49
46
43
42
41
29
29
26
24
23
23
18
17
17
14
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLOTS:

19% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
RAINE 6.15 bits
8.1% →
RAILE 5.45 bits
7.8% →
TIARE 5.55 bits
7.8% →
CANER 5.41 bits
7.0% →
SNARE 5.38 bits
3.6% →
RAISE 4.73 bits
3.1% →
BRACE 4.79 bits
3.0% →
CRANE 4.79 bits
2.7% →
LOYAL 4.09 bits
2.5% →
TONER 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1O1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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