5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

IRKED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Annoyed.

Verb

simple past and past participle of irk

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 IRKED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IRKED 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,590 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.

I___D I in the 1st position and D in the 5th position I__E_ I in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE SLANT COAST TEASE ROAST
Words starting with I Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IRKED 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,590 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IRKED ranks #5,590 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
287
228
163
117
112
86
83
75
74
55
51
45
45
31
31
26
25
25
24
21
21
18
15
14
13
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IRKED:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SAULT 5.96 bits
12.2% →
SLATE 5.84 bits
9.7% →
SLANT 5.54 bits
6.9% →
COAST 5.29 bits
5.0% →
TEASE 4.63 bits
4.7% →
ROAST 3.61 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.37 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.57 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.33 bits
3.1% →
CLANK 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1R1K5E1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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