5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REEKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of reek

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of reek

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 REEKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REEKS 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,411 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 _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL TRAIL ANILE SLANT TOILE DEALT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REEKS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,411 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REEKS ranks #10,411 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
20
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
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
264
245
215
181
96
83
69
41
39
35
33
33
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27
25
25
22
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REEKS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
10% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
TONAL 5.82 bits
11.2% →
TRAIL 5.07 bits
10.4% →
ANILE 5.47 bits
9.1% →
SLANT 5.31 bits
7.7% →
TOILE 4.41 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.55 bits
3.5% →
DEALT 4.58 bits
2.9% →
STRAP 4.64 bits
1.7% →
CAULK 4.44 bits
1.7% →
SHAPE 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1E1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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