5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOLKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fəʊks//foʊks//foʊlks/

Noun

The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents

“My folks visit us at Christmas.”

Noun

People in general; everybody or anybody.

“Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.”

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 FOLKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOLKS 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 72.2% of games, misses completely in 27.8%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,104 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.

F___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__K_ F in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STARE RAILE TRINE TRUCE THALE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOLKS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,104 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOLKS ranks #9,104 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
252
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
24%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

656
284
259
201
147
70
63
54
49
43
43
43
42
36
32
25
21
19
18
14
13
13
12
12
12
12
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOLKS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.8% →
TIARE 6.29 bits
12.0% →
STARE 5.71 bits
11.0% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
8.5% →
TRINE 5.42 bits
6.2% →
TRUCE 4.60 bits
3.0% →
THALE 4.84 bits
2.7% →
SNORT 4.53 bits
2.3% →
BAILE 4.67 bits
2.1% →
CRATE 4.81 bits
1.8% →
URITE 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1L1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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