5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WACKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.

Alternative forms: wacky, wacca

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 WACKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WACKE 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,105 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

W___E W in the 1st position and E in the 5th position W__K_ W in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOIST DETER TRAIL GRISE SONLY COUNT
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WACKE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,105 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WACKE ranks #10,105 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
34%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
311
228
193
146
106
104
83
50
43
41
40
39
33
32
32
32
31
27
25
18
17
17
16
16
14
13
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10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WACKE:

19% chance
Suggested:
MOIST
13% chance
Suggested:
DETER
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
MOIST 5.74 bits
13.2% →
DETER 5.35 bits
9.7% →
TRAIL 5.40 bits
8.2% →
GRISE 4.43 bits
6.2% →
SONLY 4.54 bits
4.5% →
COUNT 4.99 bits
4.4% →
ALERT 4.72 bits
3.5% →
SLART 4.53 bits
2.1% →
SHART 4.58 bits
1.8% →
CREPT 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1C3K5E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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