5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FORKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fork

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fork

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 FORKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FORKS 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,945 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

LIANE CADET STALE LEANT ALINE DAINE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FORKS 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
0.71 Volatility
#8,945 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FORKS ranks #8,945 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
817
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
261
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
312
266
139
138
104
71
68
56
46
43
42
36
34
33
27
26
25
21
20
19
18
15
14
13
10
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FORKS:

25% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
13% chance
Suggested:
CADET
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
LIANE 6.12 bits
13.2% →
CADET 5.36 bits
11.3% →
STALE 5.78 bits
5.9% →
LEANT 4.41 bits
5.9% →
ALINE 5.46 bits
4.4% →
DAINE 4.36 bits
3.0% →
CAGEY 4.56 bits
2.9% →
SPATE 4.89 bits
2.4% →
STOOL 4.25 bits
2.0% →
TUILE 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1R1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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