PL is an L blend, and confirming it fills two positions with consonants while leaving the vowels untouched. The 5 letter words starting with PL repeat a letter less often than those after any other opening, so almost any guess here tests five separate letters.
A takes the third position more often than U and O together. Place, Plant, Plumb and Plots cover the leading patterns, and a third of the words take A there, so testing it first removes the most candidates.
There are 64 five letter words starting with PL. Place, Plans, Plant, Plays and Plane are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. PLA holds the deepest run, so test A in the third slot first.
5 Letter Words Starting With PL
P and L take two slots without a vowel, which pushes the first vowel to position three. The wider set begins at five letter words in English.
| Plaas | Place | Plack | Plage |
| Plaid | Plain | Plait | Plane |
| Plank | Plans | Plant | Plaps |
| Plash | Plasm | Plast | Plate |
| Plats | Platt | Platy | Playa |
| Plays | Plaza | Plead | Pleas |
| Pleat | Plebe | Plebs | Plena |
| Pleon | Plesh | Plews | Plica |
| Plied | Plier | Plies | Plims |
| Pling | Plink | Ploat | Plods |
| Plong | Plonk | Plook | Plops |
| Plots | Plotz | Plouk | Plows |
| Ploye | Ploys | Pluck | Plues |
| Pluff | Plugs | Plumb | Plume |
| Plump | Plums | Plumy | Plunk |
| Pluot | Plush | Pluto | Plyer |
5 Letter Words Starting With PL By Third Letter
A leads the third slot, with U and O following and E trailing behind. Five letter words with L as the second letter leaves the first letter open.
5 Letter Words Starting With PLA
| Place | Plain | Plane |
| Plans | Plant | Plate |
| Plays | Plaza | Plaid |
| Plank | Platt | Playa |
| Plage | Plait | Plasm |
| Plast | Plats | Platy |
| Plaas | Plack | Plaps |
| Plash |
5 Letter Words Starting With PLE
| Plead | Pleas | Plebs |
| Pleat | Plebe | Plena |
| Pleon | Plesh | Plews |
5 Letter Words Starting With PLO
| Plots | Plows | Plods |
| Plonk | Plops | Plotz |
| Ploys | Ploat | Plong |
| Plook | Plouk | Ploye |
5 Letter Words Starting With PLU
| Pluck | Plugs | Plumb |
| Plume | Plump | Plums |
| Plush | Pluto | Plunk |
| Plues | Pluff | Plumy |
| Pluot |
5 Letter Words Starting With PL By Ending Letter
S closes 18 of these, and no other ending carries enough words to isolate. 5 letter words starting with PR works the same way.
5 Letter Words Starting With PL Ending In S
| Plans | Plays | Pleas |
| Plots | Plebs | Plies |
| Plows | Plugs | Plums |
| Plats | Plods | Plops |
| Ploys | Plaas | Plaps |
| Plews | Plims | Plues |
5 Letter Words Starting With PL With A
A takes the third slot in 22 PL words and turns up in 28 across the set. 5 letter words starting with PA works the same way.
| Place | Plain | Plane |
| Plans | Plant | Plate |
| Plays | Plaza | Plead |
| Pleas | Plaid | Plank |
| Platt | Playa | Plage |
| Plait | Plasm | Plast |
| Plats | Platy | Pleat |
| Plena | Plaas | Plack |
| Plaps | Plash | Plica |
| Ploat |
5 Letter Words Starting With PL For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, and PL gives you more of them than any other L blend. 5 letter words starting with AL works the same way.
| Place | Plans | Plant |
| Plays | Plane | Plate |
| Plain | Plots | Plead |
| Pleas | Plugs | Plank |
| Pluto | Plaid | Plush |
| Plume | Pluck | Plums |
Only ten PL words repeat a letter. Plaas, Platt and Pluff are the short list, so a guess here is safe by default.
5 Letter Words Starting With PL For Scrabble
Z carries the top plays, and Plotz and Plaza share the highest mark at 16 points. 5 letter words starting with PI works the same way.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Plotz | 16 |
| Plaza | 16 |
| Pluff | 13 |
| Pluck | 13 |
| Plack | 13 |
| Plumy | 12 |
| Plunk | 11 |
| Plump | 11 |
| Plumb | 11 |
| Plouk | 11 |
| Plook | 11 |
| Plonk | 11 |
| Plink | 11 |
| Plank | 11 |
| Plyer | 10 |
5 Letter Words Starting With PL And Their Meanings
Botany, printing and South African usage account for most of the harder entries here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Plaas | A farm, from Afrikaans |
| Plack | A small copper coin of old Scotland |
| Plage | A bright region in the sun’s chromosphere |
| Plash | A splash, or a shallow pool of water |
| Plasm | Plasma, the fluid part of blood or cell protoplasm |
| Plast | Placed or set, in archaic English |
| Platy | Made up of thin flat plates, said of rock |
| Playa | A dry lake bed on a desert floor |
| Plebe | A first year cadet at a military academy |
| Plena | The plural of plenum, a space filled with matter |
| Pleon | The abdomen of a crustacean |
| Plesh | A puddle or shallow pool, in dialect usage |
| Plews | Beaver pelts traded on the frontier |
| Plica | A fold of skin or membrane in anatomy |
| Plims | Swells or fills out, in dialect usage |
| Ploat | To pluck a bird, from Scots usage |
| Plong | To plunge, in archaic English |
| Plouk | A pimple, from Scots usage |
| Ploye | A buckwheat pancake from Acadian cooking |
| Pluot | A hybrid of plum and apricot |
FAQs
The strongest are Place, Plans, Plant, Plays and Plane, since none of them repeat a letter. Plaas, Platt and Pluff spend a slot on a repeat, so hold those back.
PLA gives you Place, Plant, Plans, Plays, Plane, Plate, Plain, Plaid, Plait and Plaza, along with Plaas, Plack, Plage, Plaps, Plash, Plasm, Plast, Plats, Platt, Platy and Playa.
The K ending gives you Plank, Pluck, Plonk and Plunk. Plack, Plink, Plook and Plouk close the group in Scrabble.
The A words run to Place, Plant, Plans, Plays, Plane, Plate, Plain, Plaid, Plead and Pleas. Twenty eight PL words carry an A.
Plotz and Plaza share the top score at 16 points. Pluff, Pluck and Plack each reach 13, with Plumb and Plumy at 12.
The E ending gives you Place, Plane, Plate, Plume and Plebe. Plage and Ploye close the group and are accepted in Scrabble.
PLU gives you Plush, Plumb, Plume, Plump, Plums, Plumy, Pluck and Plugs, along with Plues, Pluff, Plunk, Pluot and Pluto.
Yes, Pluot is valid and scores 7 points. It names a hybrid fruit bred from a plum and an apricot.
