5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TEAKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of teak

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 TEAKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TEAKS 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,423 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

T___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__K_ T 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

COULD DROLE CAROL LARGE NORTH PRONE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.06 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TEAKS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,423 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEAKS ranks #4,423 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
868
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

312
270
198
113
110
97
96
93
67
65
62
58
44
38
36
35
33
33
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28
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22
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEAKS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
COULD 5.52 bits
11.4% →
DROLE 5.31 bits
8.4% →
CAROL 5.26 bits
4.8% →
LARGE 4.73 bits
4.7% →
NORTH 4.87 bits
4.1% →
PRONE 4.73 bits
4.1% →
GENRE 4.12 bits
3.9% →
SPOIL 4.68 bits
2.8% →
SHORT 4.41 bits
2.8% →
CAPUT 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1A1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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