5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

POKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pəʊks//poʊks/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of poke

Noun

plural 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 POKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POKES 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,159 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PO_ES P in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TIARE TALON AIDER SAULT CLARY
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POKES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,159 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POKES ranks #8,159 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
13
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
364
169
160
158
144
113
60
60
44
44
43
39
38
35
34
30
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24
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POKES:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TRAIL 5.98 bits
15.4% →
TIARE 5.48 bits
7.2% →
TALON 5.12 bits
6.8% →
AIDER 4.26 bits
6.7% →
SAULT 5.36 bits
6.1% →
CLARY 4.46 bits
4.8% →
SLART 4.99 bits
2.5% →
CAULK 4.98 bits
2.5% →
DRONE 4.48 bits
1.9% →
SNORT 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1K5E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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