5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SERKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 SERKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SERKS 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 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,256 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

S___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__K_ S 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 ALINE TRAIN IRATE SLANT THALE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SERKS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,256 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SERKS ranks #12,256 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
730
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
310
6 guesses
27
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
310
228
227
125
116
81
71
69
61
51
41
30
30
27
26
24
21
21
19
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13
12
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9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SERKS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
13% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
TONAL 5.82 bits
13.1% →
ALINE 5.44 bits
9.7% →
TRAIN 5.22 bits
9.6% →
IRATE 4.30 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.64 bits
4.9% →
THALE 4.57 bits
3.4% →
PLATE 4.70 bits
3.0% →
COALY 4.54 bits
2.9% →
WAIST 4.53 bits
2.6% →
LATER 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1R1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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