5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

APEEK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Alternative spelling of apeak.

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 APEEK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts APEEK 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,344 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___K A in the 1st position and K in the 5th position A__E_ A in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__K P in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRAIL NOIRE SLART OLDER POUTY
Words starting with A Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How APEEK 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,344 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, APEEK ranks #12,344 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
692
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
322
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
368
257
160
141
95
72
53
52
42
38
38
37
35
33
31
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27
25
24
23
17
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing APEEK:

22% chance
Suggested:
COURT
16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
11% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
COURT 5.73 bits
15.6% →
TRAIL 5.14 bits
10.9% →
NOIRE 5.19 bits
6.8% →
SLART 4.90 bits
6.0% →
OLDER 4.19 bits
4.0% →
POUTY 4.95 bits
3.1% →
TRONE 4.17 bits
2.2% →
STAIR 4.61 bits
2.2% →
CRISE 4.24 bits
1.8% →
PRISE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1P3E1E1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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