5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dʌks/

Noun

plural of duck

Noun

A pair of twos.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of duck

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 DUCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUCKS 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 357 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,220 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER ROATE TIARE ARIEL TRONE LATER
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
357 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUCKS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#9,220 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUCKS ranks #9,220 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
233
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
17%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

786
341
198
164
111
85
76
55
44
43
38
31
30
29
26
24
24
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21
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUCKS:

33% chance
Suggested:
TALER
14% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
TALER 6.18 bits
14.5% →
ROATE 5.69 bits
8.4% →
TIARE 5.51 bits
7.0% →
ARIEL 5.65 bits
4.7% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
3.6% →
LATER 4.66 bits
3.2% →
ARIEL 5.14 bits
2.3% →
SHART 4.33 bits
1.9% →
SPORE 4.68 bits
1.8% →
BLAER 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1C3K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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