5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BURKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of burk

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 BURKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BURKS 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,409 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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

LIANE ARIEL STALE ATONE STANE COATE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BURKS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,409 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BURKS ranks #9,409 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
23
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
23%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
387
286
99
85
85
78
69
50
46
45
36
32
28
28
27
24
23
21
16
15
14
13
13
11
11
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BURKS:

27% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
16% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
LIANE 6.09 bits
16.4% →
ARIEL 5.17 bits
12.1% →
STALE 5.72 bits
4.2% →
ATONE 4.80 bits
3.6% →
STANE 4.98 bits
3.6% →
COATE 4.84 bits
3.3% →
PALET 4.11 bits
2.9% →
ALONE 4.82 bits
2.1% →
CRUET 4.63 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1R1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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