5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ROOKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹʊks/

Noun

plural of rook

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rook

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 ROOKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROOKS 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 72.1% of games, misses completely in 27.9%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,567 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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

LIANE IRATE STALE LEANT STRAE TALON
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROOKS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,567 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROOKS ranks #11,567 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
309
6 guesses
21
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
28%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

658
364
283
126
98
86
66
58
57
50
48
48
35
32
31
29
23
19
17
16
14
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12
10
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9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROOKS:

28% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
15% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.9% →
LIANE 6.10 bits
15.4% →
IRATE 5.40 bits
12.0% →
STALE 5.78 bits
5.3% →
LEANT 4.55 bits
4.2% →
STRAE 4.82 bits
3.6% →
TALON 5.04 bits
2.8% →
LIANE 4.39 bits
2.5% →
TARRE 4.45 bits
2.4% →
TRINE 3.88 bits
2.1% →
THALE 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1O1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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