An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
An organism of the kingdom Plantae, and now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
“The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colorful plants around the border.”
PLANT is a 5-letter word with 1 vowel (A) and 4 consonants (P, L, N, T). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.
It leans on high-frequency letters (A, N, T), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.
Across the 1,734 curated answers in the Wordocious bank, A appears in 40% of answers (the 2nd most common letter), T appears in 30% of answers (the 4th most common letter), L appears in 26% of answers (the 8th most common letter). 12 other answers share the opening “PL-”, so two purple tiles up front still leave real guessing to do.
Difficulty: 2/5 — approachable, because its letters are common and no close neighbors compete with it.
One letter away in the answer bank: PLANK, SLANT, PLANE. Each of these turns four tiles purple against PLANT — the classic endgame squeeze where spending a guess on the differing letter beats burning attempts on hope.
Words like PLANT are exactly what the daily puzzles throw at you. Warm up in Practice, race the clock in the Daily Challenge, or study the best starting words before your next run. New to the multi-board modes? The mode guides cover every mode.
Definitions adapted from Wiktionary via the Free Dictionary API (CC BY-SA). Letter statistics, difficulty ratings, and near-miss analysis are original Wordocious research computed from our curated answer list.
