5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JACKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæki/

Noun

A sailor.

Noun

English gin.

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 JACKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JACKY 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 64.4% of games, misses completely in 35.6%, and leaves about 417 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,092 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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.

J___Y J in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position J__K_ J in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE ALERT SOLDE RIONE STILE STARE
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.41 Entropy (bits)
417 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JACKY 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#14,092 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JACKY ranks #14,092 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
572
4 guesses
1,354
5 guesses
374
6 guesses
22
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
28%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

840
399
195
184
160
81
64
48
41
39
38
31
29
21
19
19
13
12
11
10
9
9
8
8
8
8
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JACKY:

36% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
17% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.6% →
TOISE 6.07 bits
16.9% →
ALERT 5.61 bits
8.3% →
SOLDE 4.61 bits
7.8% →
RIONE 5.35 bits
6.8% →
STILE 4.74 bits
3.4% →
STARE 4.86 bits
2.7% →
SLART 3.52 bits
2.0% →
STILE 4.73 bits
1.7% →
SOLER 4.30 bits
1.7% →
CONTE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1C3K5Y4
Total: 21 points

Words With Friends

Total: 23 points

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