Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

REIKS

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

No dictionary definition for REIKS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use REIKS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How REIKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REIKS 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,279 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe REIKS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.91 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How REIKS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#7,279 Rank among openers
Opening with REIKS left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,279 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

REIKS can come back 93 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

319 answers
219 answers
190 answers
174 answers
155 answers
150 answers
107 answers
100 answers
61 answers
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46 answers
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38 answers
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33 answers
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28 answers
28 answers
24 answers
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17 answers
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14 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1I1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing REIKS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to REIKS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REIKS:

13% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
9% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARROW

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
MOULT 5.62 bits
9.2% →
ALONE 5.36 bits
8.0% →
ARROW 4.88 bits
7.3% →
ORATE 4.49 bits
6.5% →
ANTIC 5.00 bits
6.3% →
SAULT 5.21 bits
4.5% →
SHALT 4.99 bits
4.2% →
THALE 4.67 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.27 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.56 bits

Research on REIKS

Game-tree analysis and word research for REIKS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with REIKS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.70 guesses and ranks #5,066 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with REIKS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.70, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).