5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUAKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Inclined to quake; tremulous.

Noun

Synonym of quaking aspen (“Populus tremuloides”).

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 QUAKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUAKY 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 67.8% of games, misses completely in 32.2%, and leaves about 376 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,363 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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.

_U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TALER STIRE TRONE SOLDE TARSE
Words starting with Q Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.44 Entropy (bits)
376 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUAKY 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,363 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUAKY ranks #14,363 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
566
4 guesses
1,334
5 guesses
396
6 guesses
34

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
34%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

759
407
227
191
164
96
91
67
47
43
35
31
23
20
18
15
13
13
11
11
9
8
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUAKY:

32% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
17% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.2% →
TRINE 6.11 bits
17.3% →
TALER 5.57 bits
9.6% →
STIRE 5.14 bits
8.1% →
TRONE 5.42 bits
7.0% →
SOLDE 4.68 bits
4.1% →
TARSE 4.07 bits
3.9% →
TRICE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
CRISE 4.94 bits
2.0% →
SLART 2.99 bits
1.8% →
SAULT 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1K5Y4
Total: 21 points

Words With Friends

Total: 21 points

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