5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PLUNK

Yes, PLUNK was the Wordle answer on June 13, 2023 (Wordle #724).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /plʌŋk/

Noun

A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.

Noun

A (heavy) blow or hit.

Adverb

With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface.

Adverb

Directly, exactly, precisely.

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: June 13, 2023 (#724).

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

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How PLUNK performs as a guess

PLUNK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.2% of games, misses completely in 30.8%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,266 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___K P in the 1st position and K in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE RAILE GOIER SATER TARSE AROSE
Words starting with P Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLUNK 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,266 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLUNK ranks #7,266 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
17
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:
LNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
26%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PLUNK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

726
276
220
141
105
87
79
61
58
45
42
39
38
37
30
25
17
16
16
15
13
13
13
12
11
11
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLUNK:

31% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.8% →
ORATE 6.22 bits
11.7% →
RAILE 5.35 bits
9.3% →
GOIER 5.38 bits
6.0% →
SATER 5.23 bits
4.5% →
TARSE 5.73 bits
3.7% →
AROSE 4.93 bits
3.4% →
ORATE 4.84 bits
2.6% →
SCOTE 4.88 bits
2.5% →
HOISE 4.93 bits
1.9% →
CHARE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1U1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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