5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JOKEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of joky.

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 JOKEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JOKEY 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,188 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLART TRAIL ARSON STAIR SLANT SNARE
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JOKEY 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#14,188 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JOKEY ranks #14,188 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
554
4 guesses
1,368
5 guesses
374
6 guesses
24
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
36%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

500
480
230
224
188
128
92
86
56
51
42
35
34
26
21
21
16
14
10
10
9
7
6
6
6
6
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JOKEY:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLART
20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
10% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SLART 5.70 bits
20.4% →
TRAIL 6.14 bits
9.8% →
ARSON 5.20 bits
9.5% →
STAIR 4.65 bits
8.0% →
SLART 4.59 bits
5.4% →
SLANT 4.43 bits
3.9% →
SNARE 4.40 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
2.4% →
DROLE 3.55 bits
2.2% →
LEARE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1K5E1Y4
Total: 19 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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