5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BERKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of berk

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 BERKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BERKS 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,006 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE IRATE SLANT TRAIN THALE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BERKS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,006 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BERKS ranks #8,006 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

457
267
204
200
194
132
92
63
54
49
46
45
36
33
27
24
24
23
21
21
20
19
19
18
17
17
17
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BERKS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
IRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
TONAL 5.83 bits
11.3% →
ANILE 5.47 bits
8.7% →
IRATE 4.30 bits
8.5% →
SLANT 5.30 bits
8.2% →
TRAIN 5.21 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 4.83 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.57 bits
2.7% →
COALY 4.50 bits
2.3% →
LATER 3.83 bits
2.1% →
COAST 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1R1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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