5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUOUK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 71.6% 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 QUOUK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUOUK 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 50.4% of games, misses completely in 49.6%, and leaves about 670 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,838 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.11 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

TIARE TALER SNARE SADLY SALET CARSE
Words starting with Q Words ending with K

First-turn measures

2.69 Entropy (bits)
670 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
71.6% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUOUK 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.

4.11 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,838 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUOUK ranks #14,838 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
9
3 guesses
437
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
595
6 guesses
60
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
3 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
50%
Green tile
25%
All gray
50%

Feedback distribution

28 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1170
355
195
132
126
73
57
44
44
20
20
18
18
14
11
11
11
11
6
5
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUOUK:

50% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.6% →
TIARE 6.15 bits
15.1% →
TALER 5.31 bits
8.3% →
SNARE 4.72 bits
5.6% →
SADLY 4.22 bits
5.3% →
SALET 5.16 bits
3.1% →
CARSE 4.84 bits
2.4% →
SNARE 4.81 bits
1.9% →
SABER 4.39 bits
1.9% →
THANE 3.33 bits
0.8% →
SLANT 3.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1O1U1K5
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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