5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RARKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% 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 RARKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RARKS 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,617 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 TRIED ALATE CLINE TRADE STALE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RARKS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,617 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RARKS ranks #10,617 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
265
6 guesses
14
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

570
253
232
229
154
129
99
60
54
50
35
35
34
31
31
26
21
21
20
17
17
16
15
15
15
14
13
13
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RARKS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
ALATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
10.7% →
TRIED 5.21 bits
9.8% →
ALATE 5.46 bits
9.7% →
TOILE 5.51 bits
6.5% →
CLINE 4.59 bits
5.5% →
TRADE 4.73 bits
4.2% →
STALE 4.95 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.56 bits
2.3% →
STOPE 4.51 bits
2.1% →
SPILE 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1R1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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