5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUAWK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.

Noun

The harsh call of this or other birds.

Verb

Of birds, to give loud, harsh vocalisations.

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 QUAWK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUAWK 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 64.9% of games, misses completely in 35.1%, and leaves about 448 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,592 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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.

Q___K Q in the 1st position and K in the 5th position _U__K U in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER STIRE TRONE SOCLE SHOER
Words starting with Q Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.16 Entropy (bits)
448 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUAWK 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,592 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUAWK ranks #14,592 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
536
4 guesses
1,319
5 guesses
445
6 guesses
32
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:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
25%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

41 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

827
493
224
195
139
111
45
45
41
30
25
17
17
16
15
14
14
12
11
10
9
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUAWK:

35% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
21% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.1% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
20.9% →
TALER 5.47 bits
9.5% →
STIRE 5.19 bits
8.3% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
5.9% →
SOCLE 4.19 bits
4.7% →
SHOER 5.23 bits
1.9% →
CRISE 4.58 bits
1.9% →
SAULT 4.23 bits
1.7% →
SOREL 4.60 bits
1.3% →
SLANT 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1W4K5
Total: 21 points

Words With Friends

Total: 22 points

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