5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLOYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ploy

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 PLOYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLOYS 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,080 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__Y_ P in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TONER RAILE CARNE BRACE BRANE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLOYS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,080 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLOYS ranks #5,080 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
191
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
23%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

539
233
219
186
149
87
75
56
53
49
49
48
44
41
38
38
36
32
25
21
19
18
18
15
14
13
13
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLOYS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TIARE 6.30 bits
9.9% →
TIARE 5.64 bits
9.3% →
TONER 5.46 bits
7.9% →
RAILE 5.22 bits
6.3% →
CARNE 4.98 bits
3.7% →
BRACE 4.90 bits
3.2% →
BRANE 4.73 bits
2.4% →
MORAE 4.20 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.27 bits
2.1% →
STURE 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1O1Y4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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