5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CONKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of conk

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of conk

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 CONKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CONKS 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 259 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,542 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

C___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__K_ C in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SLATE TALER ARIEL TIARE IRATE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
259 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CONKS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,542 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CONKS ranks #4,542 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
909
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
27%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
284
166
157
130
90
83
60
55
55
46
42
30
26
24
24
23
21
19
18
18
18
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17
14
14
14
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CONKS:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
RAILE 6.30 bits
12.0% →
SLATE 5.73 bits
7.0% →
TALER 5.21 bits
6.7% →
ARIEL 5.49 bits
5.5% →
TALER 4.57 bits
3.8% →
TIARE 5.28 bits
3.5% →
IRATE 5.33 bits
2.5% →
GLARE 4.46 bits
2.3% →
SIENT 4.50 bits
2.3% →
LAIDE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1N1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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