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JERKY

Yes, JERKY was the Wordle answer on May 9, 2024 (Wordle #1055).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜːki//ˈd͡ʒɝki/

Adjective

Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.

“jerky flight”

Adjective

Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).

“jerky guy”

Noun

Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

Verb

To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.

Alternative forms: xarque

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 9, 2024 (#1055).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How JERKY performs as a guess

JERKY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,921 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT STAIR TRAIN SAULT THALE
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JERKY 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,921 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JERKY ranks #13,921 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
615
4 guesses
1,310
5 guesses
357
6 guesses
37
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
30%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S P E R M
J E R K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches JERKY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

533
414
262
242
198
115
72
63
56
39
33
33
29
27
24
24
23
21
20
16
12
10
10
9
8
7
7
5
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JERKY:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
18% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
SAINT 6.14 bits
17.6% →
SLANT 5.65 bits
11.1% →
STAIR 4.41 bits
10.3% →
TRAIN 5.27 bits
8.4% →
SAULT 4.69 bits
4.9% →
THALE 4.51 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.86 bits
2.4% →
LATER 3.82 bits
1.7% →
CHASE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8E1R1K5Y4
Total: 19 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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