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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

QUIRK

Yes, QUIRK was the Wordle answer on October 19, 2022 (Wordle #487).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kwɜːk//kwɝk/

Noun

An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.

“The car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.”

Noun

An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.

Verb

To (cause to) move with a wry jerk.

“He quirked an eyebrow.”

Verb

To furnish with a quirk or channel.

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: October 19, 2022 (#487).

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

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How QUIRK performs as a guess

QUIRK 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 319 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,172 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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.

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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 Q__R_ Q in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__K U in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SALET POTAE LEANT SLANT SLANE THANE
Words starting with Q Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
319 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUIRK 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,172 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUIRK ranks #13,172 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
690
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
27
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:
IRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
28%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B R I N K
Q U I R K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches QUIRK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

685
381
237
144
139
101
98
86
67
56
45
44
39
18
15
15
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
9
8
8
8
8
7
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUIRK:

29% chance
Suggested:
SALET
16% chance
Suggested:
POTAE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
SALET 6.23 bits
16.2% →
POTAE 5.28 bits
10.1% →
LEANT 5.04 bits
6.1% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
5.9% →
SLANE 5.24 bits
4.3% →
THANE 4.92 bits
4.2% →
LEANT 4.44 bits
3.6% →
SONLY 3.99 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 4.65 bits
2.4% →
PLATE 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1I1R1K5
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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