5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BURKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɝkə/

Noun

Alternative form of burqa.

Noun

A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name), traditionally worn by men of the Caucasus region.

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 BURKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BURKA 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,726 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STILE TOISE LEAST STONE STIME
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BURKA 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,726 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BURKA ranks #8,726 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
388
273
198
110
91
67
58
52
42
42
38
34
33
33
24
20
20
17
16
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12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BURKA:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
STILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TOILE 6.15 bits
16.4% →
STILE 5.47 bits
11.6% →
TOISE 5.15 bits
8.4% →
LEAST 4.69 bits
4.7% →
STONE 5.23 bits
3.9% →
STIME 4.43 bits
2.8% →
SHOTE 4.78 bits
2.5% →
SCOTE 4.56 bits
2.2% →
CLONE 4.40 bits
1.8% →
SLICE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1R1K5A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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