5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RACKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹæks/

Noun

plural of rack

Noun

publication, distribution (of a magazine)

“The issue already hit the racks. We can't edit it.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rack

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 RACKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RACKS 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,565 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

R___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__K_ R in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALATE TRODE TUILE THALE STOPE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RACKS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#4,565 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RACKS ranks #4,565 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
22%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
276
208
191
123
114
113
83
75
51
48
47
45
31
31
31
26
22
19
18
17
16
15
14
12
12
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RACKS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
TOILE 6.15 bits
11.7% →
TOILE 5.31 bits
8.8% →
TOILE 5.47 bits
8.1% →
ALATE 5.49 bits
5.2% →
TRODE 4.69 bits
4.8% →
TUILE 4.53 bits
4.8% →
TUILE 5.18 bits
3.5% →
THALE 4.92 bits
3.2% →
STOPE 4.80 bits
2.2% →
POIRE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1C3K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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