5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WAKAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of waka

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 WAKAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAKAS 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 63.6% of games, misses completely in 36.4%, and leaves about 408 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,906 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__A_ W in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STIRE ALERT RONTE STALE RENAL
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
408 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAKAS 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,906 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAKAS ranks #13,906 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
608
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
387
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
24%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

858
292
251
201
100
96
69
51
49
48
45
29
28
26
23
22
19
13
13
10
8
8
8
8
7
7
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAKAS:

36% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.4% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
12.4% →
STIRE 5.48 bits
10.6% →
ALERT 5.42 bits
8.5% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
4.2% →
STALE 4.57 bits
4.1% →
RENAL 4.53 bits
2.9% →
CLINE 5.06 bits
2.2% →
STILE 4.10 bits
2.1% →
TRIDE 4.69 bits
2.0% →
RONTE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1K5A1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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