5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DESKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɛsks/

Noun

plural of desk

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of desk

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 DESKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DESKS 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 72.0% of games, misses completely in 28.0%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,527 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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.

D___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ORATE SLART LEARE LAIRY ARIEL
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DESKS 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#13,527 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DESKS ranks #13,527 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
634
4 guesses
1,344
5 guesses
334
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
20%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

661
450
216
158
150
117
90
63
51
42
30
29
27
27
23
21
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18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DESKS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TALON
19% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.0% →
TALON 5.90 bits
19.1% →
ORATE 5.17 bits
9.2% →
SLART 5.33 bits
6.7% →
SLART 4.79 bits
6.4% →
LEARE 4.61 bits
5.0% →
LAIRY 4.90 bits
3.8% →
ARIEL 4.70 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 4.69 bits
2.2% →
LAIRY 4.47 bits
1.8% →
SAINT 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1S1K5S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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