5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PLUMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /plʌmz/

Noun

plural of plum

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of plum

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 PLUMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLUMS 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 70.4% of games, misses completely in 29.6%, and leaves about 285 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,721 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__M_ P in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE RONTE CANOE BRACE RIONE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
285 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLUMS 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
0.69 Volatility
#4,721 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLUMS ranks #4,721 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
15
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)
70%
Green tile
23%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

697
257
241
115
106
99
64
58
57
56
55
44
39
34
28
27
24
23
23
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
11
11
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLUMS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.6% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
10.9% →
TIARE 5.78 bits
10.2% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
4.9% →
RONTE 5.10 bits
4.5% →
CANOE 5.36 bits
4.2% →
BRACE 4.94 bits
2.7% →
RIONE 5.13 bits
2.5% →
SALLE 4.68 bits
2.4% →
TIARE 4.54 bits
2.4% →
ROATE 5.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1U1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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