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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PLUME

Yes, PLUME was the Wordle answer on May 1, 2026 (Wordle #1777).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpluːm//ˈpljuːm//ˈplum/

Noun

A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.

Noun

The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.

Verb

To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.

Verb

Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something).

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 1, 2026 (#1777).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PLUME performs as a guess

PLUME is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,332 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__M_ P in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN DETER ROAST LOCAL LEGAL SNARY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLUME 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,332 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLUME ranks #3,332 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
35%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
F L U M E
P L U M E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PLUME in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
311
180
158
100
98
72
72
68
53
46
44
41
37
34
34
32
29
29
27
26
21
21
19
17
16
15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLUME:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TRAIN 6.15 bits
13.2% →
DETER 5.40 bits
7.6% →
ROAST 5.17 bits
6.7% →
LOCAL 5.07 bits
4.2% →
LEGAL 4.30 bits
4.2% →
SNARY 4.71 bits
3.1% →
MICRO 4.89 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.54 bits
2.9% →
SHART 4.48 bits
2.2% →
STAIR 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1U1M3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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