5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NERKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of nerk

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 NERKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NERKS 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,050 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

N___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__K_ N in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT OLATE ORATE TRAIL SHALT TONIC
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NERKS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,050 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NERKS ranks #7,050 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
19
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:
ENRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
21%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
219
197
173
165
159
113
85
84
64
54
52
47
43
39
29
28
26
25
22
22
21
20
19
16
16
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NERKS:

15% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
9% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
ORATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
MOULT 5.57 bits
9.3% →
OLATE 5.25 bits
8.4% →
ORATE 4.31 bits
7.3% →
TRAIL 5.22 bits
7.0% →
SHALT 5.40 bits
6.7% →
TONIC 5.16 bits
4.8% →
STALE 4.97 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
AINEE 4.48 bits
2.7% →
COALY 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1R1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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