5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AMOKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of amok

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of amok

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 AMOKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AMOKS 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,861 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__K_ A in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE CARTE RONTE STIRE STALE TRIPE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AMOKS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,861 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AMOKS ranks #8,861 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
14
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
20%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
364
213
190
149
99
73
65
65
62
60
50
42
40
35
24
22
19
16
15
15
15
13
12
12
12
11
11
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AMOKS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
TRINE 6.04 bits
15.4% →
CARTE 5.50 bits
9.0% →
RONTE 5.23 bits
8.1% →
STIRE 5.43 bits
6.3% →
STALE 5.05 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 4.44 bits
3.1% →
TRIPE 4.79 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 3.93 bits
2.8% →
TRINE 4.83 bits
2.6% →
MAARE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1M3O1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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