5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PERKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of perk

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of perk

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 PERKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERKS 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,742 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.

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

TONAL ANILE TRAIN IRATE SAINT SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERKS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,742 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERKS ranks #5,742 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
17
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:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
271
199
191
173
104
100
65
55
43
41
40
38
37
32
29
26
23
23
22
22
19
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19
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERKS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
TONAL 5.92 bits
11.5% →
ANILE 5.45 bits
8.4% →
TRAIN 5.25 bits
8.1% →
IRATE 4.33 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 5.40 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 4.90 bits
4.2% →
THALE 4.53 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.61 bits
2.3% →
LATER 3.81 bits
1.8% →
SAUNT 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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