5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BERKO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Mad; crazy, especially with rage.

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 BERKO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BERKO 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,957 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

B___O B in the 1st position and O in the 5th position B__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT AINEE TRAIL SLATE ARSON
Words starting with B Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BERKO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,957 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BERKO ranks #6,957 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
10
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
26%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
310
219
193
137
105
104
90
57
55
54
50
35
31
29
26
24
24
23
23
22
21
21
18
15
14
14
13
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BERKO:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
SAINT 6.03 bits
13.1% →
SLANT 5.71 bits
9.3% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
8.2% →
AINEE 4.56 bits
5.8% →
TRAIL 5.15 bits
4.5% →
SLATE 4.65 bits
4.4% →
ARSON 4.25 bits
3.8% →
SONCE 4.49 bits
2.4% →
SOWNE 3.52 bits
2.3% →
LATER 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1R1K5O1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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