5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

POOKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 POOKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POOKS 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 60.9% of games, misses completely in 39.1%, and leaves about 438 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,273 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PO_KS P in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE TALER MANOR LEANT ARIEL
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.60 Entropy (bits)
438 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POOKS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,273 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POOKS ranks #12,273 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
717
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
328
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
29%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

922
309
174
136
88
86
80
73
65
43
38
34
25
24
17
16
16
15
13
11
11
9
9
9
8
8
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POOKS:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.1% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
13.1% →
STALE 5.65 bits
7.4% →
TALER 4.50 bits
5.8% →
MANOR 5.23 bits
3.7% →
LEANT 4.69 bits
3.6% →
ARIEL 5.24 bits
3.4% →
ALINE 5.13 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 5.14 bits
2.8% →
CARET 4.83 bits
1.8% →
CRUET 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1O1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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