5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PEEKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /piːks/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of peek

Noun

plural of peek

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 PEEKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PEEKS 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 323 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,103 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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.

P___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__K_ P 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

TALON RAILE SAULT LAIRY STAIR CLARY
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
323 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PEEKS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,103 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PEEKS ranks #12,103 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
714
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
26%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

711
388
230
123
111
60
60
58
47
43
43
37
31
30
30
29
22
22
19
18
17
15
14
13
13
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PEEKS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TALON
16% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
TALON 5.85 bits
16.5% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
9.8% →
SAULT 5.28 bits
5.2% →
LAIRY 4.65 bits
4.7% →
STAIR 4.61 bits
2.5% →
CLARY 4.68 bits
2.5% →
LAIRY 4.63 bits
2.5% →
RAINY 4.54 bits
2.0% →
SLART 4.37 bits
1.8% →
TREAD 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1E1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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