5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CORKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

“This wine smells a bit corky; get me another bottle.”

Adjective

Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.

Noun

A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.

Alternative forms: corkie

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 CORKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CORKY 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,221 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__K_ C in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE SAULT SLANT TRONE LIANE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CORKY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,221 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CORKY ranks #8,221 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
26
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
36%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

590
318
169
162
113
103
92
63
56
51
47
43
42
34
26
24
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CORKY:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
SLATE 6.44 bits
13.5% →
TEASE 5.30 bits
7.2% →
SAULT 4.72 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
4.8% →
TRONE 4.45 bits
4.4% →
LIANE 5.18 bits
3.9% →
TUILE 4.54 bits
2.7% →
SAUTE 4.98 bits
2.4% →
MAILE 4.91 bits
2.2% →
STOLE 3.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1R1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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