5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JUNKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkiː/[ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʰɪi̯]

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.

Adjective

Full of junk.

“We really need to clear out the junky basement.”

Noun

Alternative spelling of junkie.

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 JUNKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JUNKY 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 55.5% of games, misses completely in 44.5%, and leaves about 542 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,395 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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__K_ J in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE ARIEL TALER TORSE STIRE CARSE
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.16 Entropy (bits)
542 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JUNKY 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,395 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JUNKY ranks #14,395 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
551
4 guesses
1,339
5 guesses
399
6 guesses
35

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
26%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1049
251
222
178
99
85
83
59
42
39
33
29
23
21
16
11
11
10
9
9
8
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JUNKY:

44% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.5% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
10.6% →
ARIEL 5.58 bits
9.4% →
TALER 4.91 bits
7.5% →
TORSE 5.41 bits
4.2% →
STIRE 4.84 bits
3.6% →
CARSE 4.94 bits
3.5% →
CADIE 4.84 bits
2.5% →
ROUET 4.12 bits
1.8% →
PARSE 2.93 bits
1.7% →
CARLE 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8U1N1K5Y4
Total: 19 points

Words With Friends

Total: 22 points

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