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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

POKER

Yes, POKER was the Wordle answer on August 15, 2022 (Wordle #422).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊkɚ//ˈpəʊkə//ˈpəʉkə/

Noun

A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.

Noun

One who pokes.

Verb

To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle.

Verb

To play poker.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 15, 2022 (#422).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How POKER performs as a guess

POKER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,802 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___R P in the 1st position and R in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE TRAIL TIARE SALTY SLANT
Words starting with P Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POKER 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,802 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POKER ranks #4,802 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M O C K
J O K E R
P O K E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches POKER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

392
326
165
146
128
119
90
75
73
72
54
52
41
38
33
31
28
27
26
25
24
24
23
22
18
16
16
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POKER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
13.8% →
SLATE 5.62 bits
7.0% →
TRAIL 5.18 bits
6.2% →
TIARE 4.80 bits
5.4% →
SALTY 4.39 bits
5.0% →
SLANT 5.31 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 3.84 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.71 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.39 bits
3.1% →
SLACK 4.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1K5E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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