5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

PLYER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a Saint Andrew's cross.

Noun

Alternative spelling of plier.

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 PLYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PLYER 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,741 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT COAST SAUNT SALLE SATIN STAIN
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLYER 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
0.70 Volatility
#3,741 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLYER ranks #3,741 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
909
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
22
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:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

325
248
209
154
137
113
99
97
85
58
55
51
45
40
38
38
33
32
31
27
26
22
19
18
16
15
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLYER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
SAINT 6.27 bits
10.5% →
SAINT 5.56 bits
8.9% →
COAST 5.58 bits
6.5% →
COAST 4.90 bits
5.8% →
SAUNT 4.84 bits
4.8% →
COAST 5.05 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 3.69 bits
4.1% →
SALLE 4.65 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.56 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3L1Y4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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