5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RAWKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rawk

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 RAWKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAWKS 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,125 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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 CLINE TRODE STALE STOPE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAWKS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#9,125 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAWKS ranks #9,125 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
21%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
299
222
208
146
136
90
74
55
48
48
48
34
32
27
25
21
21
20
19
18
17
16
14
14
12
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAWKS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
ALATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
12.7% →
TOILE 5.22 bits
9.4% →
ALATE 5.45 bits
8.8% →
TOILE 5.52 bits
6.2% →
CLINE 4.61 bits
5.8% →
TRODE 4.70 bits
3.8% →
STALE 4.98 bits
3.1% →
STOPE 4.82 bits
2.3% →
PORTE 3.91 bits
2.0% →
TOILE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1W4K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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