5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MARKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɑɹks//mɑːks/

Noun

plural of mark

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mark

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 MARKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MARKS 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,407 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

M___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__K_ M in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MA_KS M in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALATE TRADE CLINE STALE CONTE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MARKS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,407 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MARKS ranks #5,407 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
10
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

474
275
207
192
135
122
85
65
65
59
48
48
34
31
31
31
29
26
26
24
22
21
21
15
15
14
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MARKS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
11.7% →
TOILE 5.22 bits
8.8% →
TOILE 5.49 bits
8.1% →
ALATE 5.49 bits
5.7% →
TRADE 4.75 bits
5.2% →
CLINE 4.57 bits
3.6% →
STALE 5.01 bits
2.8% →
CONTE 4.63 bits
2.8% →
POLEY 4.81 bits
2.5% →
SHOTE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1R1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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