Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KOOKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.5% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kuːks/

Noun

plural of kook

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 KOOKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KOOKS 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 53.9% of games, misses completely in 46.1%, and leaves about 602 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,704 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.01 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.

First-turn measures

2.93 Entropy (bits)
602 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KOOKS 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.

4.01 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,704 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KOOKS ranks #14,704 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
506
4 guesses
1,298
5 guesses
473
6 guesses
51

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
25%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1088
391
188
152
105
64
51
42
41
27
26
18
18
18
16
14
13
12
8
8
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KOOKS:

46% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
17% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.1%
RAILE 6.20 bits
16.6%
STARE 5.64 bits
8.0%
TALER 4.48 bits
6.4%
MANOR 5.21 bits
4.5%
PLANE 4.68 bits
2.7%
CARLE 4.83 bits
2.2%
CRUET 4.14 bits
1.8%
TRINE 4.01 bits
1.7%
URITE 4.02 bits
1.1%
ALURE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1O1K5S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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