5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JOCKS

JOCKS 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

Noun

plural of jock

Noun

Male briefs.

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 JOCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JOCKS 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 63.8% of games, misses completely in 36.2%, and leaves about 418 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,546 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE TRONE TIARE TRADE PEART
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

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

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JOCKS 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,546 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JOCKS ranks #13,546 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
637
4 guesses
1,329
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
26
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
18%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

853
348
232
190
171
65
46
44
43
42
36
33
32
31
23
20
15
14
11
10
9
8
7
5
5
5
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JOCKS:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.2% →
RAILE 6.27 bits
14.8% →
STALE 5.68 bits
9.8% →
TRONE 5.21 bits
8.1% →
TIARE 5.62 bits
7.3% →
TRADE 4.44 bits
2.8% →
PEART 4.25 bits
2.0% →
URITE 3.96 bits
1.9% →
CRINE 3.85 bits
1.8% →
BLAER 4.59 bits
1.8% →
SPARE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1C3K5S1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 21 points

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