5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BIRKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of birk

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 BIRKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIRKS 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 229 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,977 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___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 _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE COATE STALE ANILE TONEY TRIED
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
229 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIRKS 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
#6,977 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIRKS ranks #6,977 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
25%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
327
261
189
104
89
89
81
75
71
43
36
36
34
31
25
24
23
22
21
16
14
13
11
11
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIRKS:

22% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
COATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
OLATE 5.96 bits
13.9% →
COATE 5.32 bits
11.1% →
STALE 5.76 bits
8.0% →
ANILE 5.38 bits
4.4% →
TONEY 4.47 bits
3.8% →
COATE 4.87 bits
3.8% →
TRIED 4.91 bits
3.4% →
SPATE 4.99 bits
3.2% →
STILE 4.50 bits
3.0% →
ALONE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1R1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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