5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DIRKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dirk

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative 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 DIRKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DIRKS 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,657 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE SLATE ANILE COATE ALONE PALET
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIRKS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,657 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIRKS ranks #5,657 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
13
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:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
23%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

498
298
254
164
94
90
87
82
78
69
52
47
42
37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIRKS:

21% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
OLATE 6.01 bits
12.6% →
OLATE 5.25 bits
10.8% →
SLATE 5.82 bits
7.0% →
ANILE 5.41 bits
4.0% →
COATE 4.96 bits
3.8% →
ALONE 5.22 bits
3.7% →
PALET 4.59 bits
3.5% →
SPATE 5.01 bits
3.3% →
TRINE 4.75 bits
2.9% →
LEANT 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1R1K5S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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