5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JAKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒeɪks/

Noun

A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.

Noun

plural of jake

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of jake

Alternative forms: jacks, jacques, jakes's, jakeses

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 JAKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAKES 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,712 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___S J in the 1st position and S in the 5th position J__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TRINE TRAIL OLDER DEALT SPOUT
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAKES 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#13,712 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAKES ranks #13,712 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
593
4 guesses
1,380
5 guesses
326
6 guesses
23
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
27%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

449
299
218
190
167
162
146
113
84
51
49
48
47
40
37
37
28
19
17
17
16
15
13
10
10
9
8
7
7
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAKES:

19% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
DROIT 5.64 bits
12.7% →
TRINE 5.26 bits
9.2% →
TRAIL 5.38 bits
8.1% →
OLDER 4.18 bits
7.1% →
DEALT 4.89 bits
6.9% →
SPOUT 4.99 bits
6.2% →
RAINY 3.98 bits
4.8% →
RONTE 4.55 bits
3.6% →
SHALT 4.67 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1K5E1S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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