5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WEEKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wiːks/

Noun

plural of week

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 WEEKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WEEKS 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 68.0% of games, misses completely in 32.0%, and leaves about 365 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,767 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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__K_ W 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

TALON RAILE SAULT ROANY STAIR CLARY
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
365 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WEEKS 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,767 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WEEKS ranks #13,767 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
625
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
375
6 guesses
31
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
24%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

755
411
259
134
130
63
47
43
41
40
34
32
31
27
26
25
19
19
18
18
17
16
13
10
10
9
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WEEKS:

32% chance
Suggested:
TALON
17% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.0% →
TALON 5.78 bits
17.4% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
11.0% →
SAULT 5.33 bits
5.7% →
ROANY 4.61 bits
5.5% →
STAIR 4.60 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 4.65 bits
2.0% →
ALERT 4.54 bits
1.8% →
LEVER 3.95 bits
1.7% →
SAINT 3.77 bits
1.7% →
DRAWL 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1E1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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