5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JINKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪŋks/

Noun

plural of jink

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of jink

Interjection

Indication of surprise or amazement; jinkies.

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 JINKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JINKS 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 396 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,792 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__K_ J in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CRATE LATER GRATE CAGEY
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.55 Entropy (bits)
396 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JINKS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,792 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JINKS ranks #12,792 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
676
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
27
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:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
17%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

839
333
211
174
122
93
74
65
56
48
30
29
28
27
25
25
24
13
13
12
12
12
10
9
9
7
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JINKS:

36% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.6% →
ROATE 6.15 bits
14.1% →
STARE 5.74 bits
8.9% →
CRATE 5.49 bits
7.4% →
ROATE 5.32 bits
5.2% →
LATER 4.71 bits
3.9% →
GRATE 4.72 bits
3.1% →
CAGEY 4.66 bits
2.8% →
PALET 4.71 bits
2.4% →
ROATE 4.67 bits
2.0% →
CARLE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1N1K5S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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