5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLOTZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈplɑts//ˈplɒts/

Verb

To flop down wearily.

Verb

To faint.

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 PLOTZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLOTZ 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,986 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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 4th position

Try next

RAISE RAILE CANER SNAKE CRANE ROUET
Words starting with P Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLOTZ 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,986 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLOTZ ranks #7,986 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
17
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:
LOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

616
271
232
212
99
97
86
78
75
73
57
56
34
30
29
23
17
16
16
14
14
14
14
13
12
12
12
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLOTZ:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
RAISE 6.19 bits
11.5% →
RAISE 5.63 bits
9.8% →
RAILE 5.43 bits
9.0% →
CANER 5.39 bits
4.2% →
SNAKE 4.93 bits
4.1% →
CRANE 5.02 bits
3.6% →
RAISE 5.34 bits
3.3% →
RAISE 4.86 bits
3.2% →
ROUET 4.50 bits
3.1% →
SALLE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1O1T1Z10
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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