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SHIRK

Yes, SHIRK was the Wordle answer on February 2, 2023 (Wordle #593).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɜːk//ʃɝk/

Verb

To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.

Verb

To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

“If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.”

Noun

One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

Noun

The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 2, 2023 (#593).

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

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How SHIRK performs as a guess

SHIRK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,275 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__K H in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE POTAE TILDE PALET OLATE HAUTE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHIRK 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,275 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHIRK ranks #5,275 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
18
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:
IRS

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
S H I R K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHIRK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

506
344
187
127
102
98
86
80
67
51
46
39
39
36
33
33
28
26
25
24
24
23
22
22
21
16
15
14
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHIRK:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
15% chance
Suggested:
POTAE
8% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
ALONE 6.07 bits
14.6% →
POTAE 5.25 bits
7.9% →
TILDE 5.15 bits
5.4% →
PALET 5.43 bits
4.3% →
OLATE 5.25 bits
4.2% →
HAUTE 4.96 bits
3.6% →
ALONE 5.06 bits
3.4% →
DIANE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
BEATY 4.80 bits
2.2% →
PLATE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4I1R1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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