5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GONKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gonk

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gonk

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 GONKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GONKS 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 70.1% of games, misses completely in 29.9%, and leaves about 291 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,156 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

G___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__K_ G 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

RAILE STARE TALER ARIEL CADIE PEART
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
291 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GONKS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,156 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GONKS ranks #8,156 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
219
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
25%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

704
303
171
141
130
71
68
57
53
53
48
47
42
37
32
31
30
22
21
21
18
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GONKS:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
12.8% →
STARE 5.72 bits
7.3% →
TALER 5.31 bits
6.0% →
TALER 4.63 bits
5.5% →
ARIEL 5.47 bits
3.0% →
CADIE 4.66 bits
2.9% →
RAILE 5.08 bits
2.4% →
PEART 4.30 bits
2.2% →
FLARE 4.31 bits
2.2% →
LAIDE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1N1K5S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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