5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLUGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /plʌɡz/

Noun

plural of plug

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of plug

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 PLUGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLUGS 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 280 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,078 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TIARE RAILE RONTE TRONE BRACE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
280 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLUGS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,078 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLUGS ranks #4,078 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
9
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:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

687
273
235
115
103
88
64
62
60
60
46
41
40
35
34
25
23
19
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLUGS:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
ROATE 6.12 bits
11.6% →
TIARE 5.80 bits
10.0% →
RAILE 5.24 bits
4.9% →
RONTE 5.07 bits
4.4% →
TRONE 5.52 bits
3.7% →
BRACE 5.01 bits
2.7% →
CRONE 5.05 bits
2.6% →
SALLE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
ROATE 5.25 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1U1G2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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