5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TWIRK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of twerk (“a twitch”).

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 TWIRK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TWIRK 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,993 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___K T in the 1st position and K in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _W__K W in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ALOSE PORAE SALET LIANE SLANE HAOLE
Words starting with T Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TWIRK 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,993 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TWIRK ranks #8,993 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

561
327
246
168
98
76
75
72
69
50
50
46
44
43
40
38
37
28
20
19
15
13
10
10
8
8
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TWIRK:

24% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
14% chance
Suggested:
PORAE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
ALOSE 6.06 bits
13.9% →
PORAE 5.23 bits
10.4% →
SALET 5.62 bits
7.1% →
LIANE 5.02 bits
4.2% →
SLANE 5.29 bits
3.2% →
HAOLE 4.86 bits
3.2% →
SANED 4.37 bits
3.1% →
SAREE 4.47 bits
2.9% →
SIENT 4.24 bits
2.1% →
SLANE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1W4I1R1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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