5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIRKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lirk

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lirk

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 LIRKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIRKS 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,503 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

L___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__K_ L 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

COATE POTAE STANE ATONE TRIED CONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIRKS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,503 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIRKS ranks #4,503 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
15
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:
ILRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
22%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
308
228
195
138
88
87
80
79
74
67
59
54
37
36
33
27
26
25
24
24
20
19
16
15
13
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIRKS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COATE
13% chance
Suggested:
COATE
10% chance
Suggested:
POTAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
COATE 5.90 bits
13.1% →
COATE 5.40 bits
9.7% →
POTAE 5.27 bits
8.3% →
STANE 5.57 bits
5.9% →
ATONE 5.33 bits
3.7% →
TRIED 4.65 bits
3.7% →
COATE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
CONTE 4.54 bits
3.4% →
SPATE 4.94 bits
3.1% →
STALE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1R1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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