Wordle 697: We Both Lived in Another Man's Shadow

Like I wrote yesterday, I feel like I've been using K too often in my opening guesses lately, and I'm trying to avoid that, so I'm looking for new words to use. Today, I thought of a really good one that I'm surprised I hadn't used previously: PLANT. I type it in and get a green P followed by a green L. Then a green A. Wait, is this happening? A green N! Holy crap, this could be it; this could be the day it happens! The final tile turns over and it is is gr--- gray. Dammit. So close.

But that's alright, I'll get the solve in two by going with PLANE, a perfectly cromulent word. A solve in two is pretty good and makes up for the fact that I was only one letter off. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the day. Wait, what? PLANE wasn't right. Nuts. So now I'm a bit nervous since I could go from a really good solve to an average solve if I don't take my time. I type in PLANS. I know there are plurals in Wordle, but it could be a verb: He plans to win the Wordle quickly and easily, but best laid plans can go awry. I'm thinking about the first use of plans in the previous sentence. 

I'm about to enter it, but something feels off. I can't put my finger on it, but it keeps me from hitting enter. I look around to see if there are any alternatives. Then I seen PLANK and silently curse the universe. PLANK is a better guess than PLANS. I hit enter and see the final tile turn green. PLANK! K was in the answer! The K I was trying to avoid! F*#K! Oh well, a solve in three is pretty good, but I still feel like Homer in that episode of the Simpsons where he accidently invents a new chair and an electric hammer for Thomas Edison.