5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DIRKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of dirk.

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 DIRKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DIRKE 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,914 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SALET ARSON LEAST SLANT SHALT
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIRKE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,914 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIRKE ranks #3,914 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
205
165
164
163
162
77
74
62
57
56
54
47
32
30
28
27
27
24
23
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIRKE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SAULT 5.96 bits
8.7% →
SALET 5.30 bits
7.0% →
SAULT 5.54 bits
7.0% →
ARSON 5.07 bits
6.9% →
LEAST 4.44 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.63 bits
3.3% →
SHALT 4.41 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.78 bits
2.6% →
COAST 4.33 bits
2.4% →
SAULT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1R1K5E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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