5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUORK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The cry of a raven.

Verb

To make a quorking sound.

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 QUORK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUORK 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 69.1% of games, misses completely in 30.9%, and leaves about 331 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,442 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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 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

SLATE TEASE LEANT SORER STANE SADLY
Words starting with Q Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
331 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUORK 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,442 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUORK ranks #13,442 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
18
3 guesses
706
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
359
6 guesses
33
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:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
27%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

48 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

729
361
220
118
112
109
101
80
56
56
46
43
43
32
27
21
17
15
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUORK:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.9% →
SLATE 6.30 bits
15.3% →
TEASE 5.23 bits
9.3% →
LEANT 5.11 bits
5.0% →
SORER 4.23 bits
4.7% →
SLATE 4.78 bits
4.6% →
STANE 5.20 bits
4.3% →
SADLY 4.21 bits
3.4% →
STADE 4.65 bits
2.4% →
PLANE 3.62 bits
2.4% →
CRUET 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1O1R1K5
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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