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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

POLKA

Yes, POLKA was the Wordle answer on February 28, 2023 (Wordle #619).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.kə//ˈpoʊ(l)kə/

Noun

A lively dance originating in Bohemia.

Noun

The music for this dance.

Verb

To dance the polka.

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: February 28, 2023 (#619).

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

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How POLKA performs as a guess

POLKA 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,440 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___A P in the 1st position and A in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TARSE TRONE SLIER BARON URITE
Words starting with P Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POLKA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,440 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POLKA ranks #6,440 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
233
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L U C I D
P O L K A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches POLKA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

480
367
165
164
156
147
69
67
44
42
40
40
37
37
36
32
27
26
24
24
20
17
17
17
16
13
13
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POLKA:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TRINE 6.11 bits
15.6% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
7.0% →
TRONE 4.57 bits
7.0% →
TRINE 5.51 bits
6.6% →
TARSE 4.66 bits
6.2% →
SLIER 4.94 bits
2.9% →
BARON 4.79 bits
2.8% →
URITE 5.20 bits
1.9% →
SENOR 3.80 bits
1.8% →
TARSE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1L1K5A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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