5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

REAKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of reak

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 REAKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REAKS 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,838 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT TALON TOILE DROIT SPILT ANGLE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REAKS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,838 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REAKS ranks #5,838 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
887
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
28%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

304
194
190
157
140
123
95
91
76
75
52
49
48
45
40
39
37
32
26
25
23
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19
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REAKS:

13% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
MOULT 5.42 bits
8.2% →
TALON 5.19 bits
8.1% →
TOILE 5.52 bits
6.7% →
TOILE 4.33 bits
5.9% →
DROIT 4.83 bits
5.2% →
SPILT 5.04 bits
4.0% →
ANGLE 4.58 bits
3.9% →
STILE 4.63 bits
3.2% →
TOILE 4.14 bits
3.2% →
CAROL 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1A1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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