5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WACKO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwæ.kəʊ//ˈwæ.koʊ/

Adjective

Amusingly eccentric or irrational.

Noun

An amusingly eccentric or irrational person.

Interjection

Hurrah!

Alternative forms: whacko

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 WACKO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WACKO 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 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 280 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,989 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___O W in the 1st position and O in the 5th position W__K_ W in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SILER SLATE TRONE STILE CRINE DROLE
Words starting with W Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
280 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WACKO 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,989 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WACKO ranks #10,989 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
14
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
22%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

604
329
324
196
117
82
72
68
40
38
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WACKO:

26% chance
Suggested:
SILER
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
SILER 6.01 bits
14.0% →
SLATE 5.63 bits
13.7% →
TRONE 5.27 bits
8.3% →
STILE 4.84 bits
5.0% →
CRINE 5.30 bits
3.5% →
DROLE 4.34 bits
3.1% →
STARE 4.76 bits
2.9% →
CONTE 4.53 bits
1.7% →
CRINE 4.01 bits
1.6% →
STILE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1C3K5O1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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