5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

POAKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of poke.

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 POAKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POAKE 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,397 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

DETER GUILT SAINT SUITE DONUT SNORT
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POAKE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,397 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POAKE ranks #7,397 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
43%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
260
207
139
137
134
119
107
82
61
61
47
44
43
41
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38
36
30
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21
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POAKE:

11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
11% chance
Suggested:
GUILT
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
DETER 5.55 bits
11.0% →
GUILT 5.52 bits
8.8% →
SAINT 5.05 bits
5.9% →
SUITE 4.43 bits
5.8% →
DONUT 3.94 bits
5.7% →
SNORT 5.10 bits
5.0% →
ALTER 4.76 bits
4.5% →
SLART 4.61 bits
3.5% →
CAROL 4.45 bits
2.6% →
SAULT 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1A1K5E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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