5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SUNKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.9% 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 SUNKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SUNKS 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 59.5% of games, misses completely in 40.5%, and leaves about 451 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,368 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER ARIEL PLATE TRAPE TRODE DROLE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.55 Entropy (bits)
451 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SUNKS 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
0.70 Volatility
#12,368 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SUNKS ranks #12,368 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
720
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
310
6 guesses
24
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:
NSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
31%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

954
225
188
128
124
111
99
53
52
49
32
29
29
26
23
21
20
16
16
11
10
10
10
10
8
8
8
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SUNKS:

40% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.5% →
TALER 6.14 bits
9.5% →
ARIEL 5.61 bits
8.0% →
PLATE 5.55 bits
5.4% →
TRAPE 5.58 bits
5.3% →
TRODE 5.35 bits
4.7% →
DROLE 4.37 bits
4.2% →
CAGEY 4.73 bits
2.2% →
CARLE 4.70 bits
2.2% →
TRIPE 4.31 bits
2.1% →
TRIDE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1N1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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