5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɒks//ɹɑks/[ɹʷɔks]

Noun

plural of rock

Noun

Money.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rock

“She rocks the cradle.”

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 ROCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROCKS 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,488 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ANILE IRATE STALE ALINE NAICE LEANT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROCKS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,488 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROCKS ranks #6,488 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
15
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
297
256
128
126
112
104
83
62
57
46
45
34
32
27
25
24
23
22
20
18
18
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15
15
15
13
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROCKS:

22% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
13% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
ANILE 6.16 bits
12.6% →
IRATE 5.37 bits
10.9% →
STALE 5.78 bits
5.4% →
ALINE 5.44 bits
5.3% →
NAICE 5.29 bits
4.7% →
LEANT 4.37 bits
4.4% →
ATONE 4.39 bits
3.5% →
STRAE 4.86 bits
2.6% →
CRAPE 4.69 bits
2.4% →
LIANE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1C3K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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