5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLUKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PLUKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLUKE 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,277 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN DETER ROAST LOYAL STAIR LEGAL
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLUKE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,277 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLUKE ranks #6,277 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
35%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
329
195
163
118
108
64
61
60
53
46
40
37
36
35
35
27
27
26
24
24
20
18
18
15
12
12
12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLUKE:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TRAIN 6.08 bits
13.9% →
DETER 5.40 bits
8.3% →
ROAST 5.15 bits
6.9% →
LOYAL 5.09 bits
5.0% →
STAIR 4.72 bits
4.6% →
LEGAL 4.34 bits
2.7% →
SHART 4.44 bits
2.6% →
ROAST 5.15 bits
2.5% →
SONAR 4.36 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1U1K5E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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