5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bʌks/

Noun

plural of buck

Noun

Casual Oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of buck

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 BUCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUCKS 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 62.9% of games, misses completely in 37.1%, and leaves about 416 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,130 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BU_KS B in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TRONE DROLE PARTE STONE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
416 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUCKS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,130 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUCKS ranks #10,130 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
770
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
20%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

876
353
202
120
96
86
54
54
46
39
34
33
30
30
25
21
20
14
14
14
14
13
11
11
8
8
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUCKS:

37% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.1% →
ARIEL 6.16 bits
15.0% →
TIARE 5.71 bits
8.6% →
TIARE 5.57 bits
5.1% →
TRONE 5.34 bits
4.1% →
DROLE 5.15 bits
3.6% →
PARTE 4.32 bits
2.3% →
STONE 4.36 bits
2.3% →
LABOR 5.12 bits
1.9% →
SPORE 4.67 bits
1.7% →
LATER 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1C3K5S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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