5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ACKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈa.kə/

Noun

A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.

Noun

Obsolete form of acre.

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 ACKER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ACKER 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,513 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.

A___R A in the 1st position and R in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _C__R C in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SAINT DROIT SLATE TOISE
Words starting with A Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ACKER 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,513 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ACKER ranks #7,513 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
23%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
230
207
151
124
114
101
96
85
81
56
55
53
48
36
32
29
29
27
26
24
24
23
23
21
17
17
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ACKER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.35 bits
8.8% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
6.4% →
DROIT 5.04 bits
5.3% →
SLATE 5.14 bits
4.8% →
TOISE 4.62 bits
4.3% →
TRIAD 4.30 bits
4.1% →
SOILY 3.49 bits
3.6% →
SIENT 4.29 bits
3.4% →
CUMIN 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1C3K5E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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