5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WELKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of welk

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 WELKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WELKS 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,930 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___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

RATIO IRATE STAIR RAINY ALINE TRADE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WELKS 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
0.71 Volatility
#10,930 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WELKS ranks #10,930 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
745
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
284
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
21%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
370
195
188
142
128
125
50
45
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33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WELKS:

22% chance
Suggested:
RATIO
16% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
RATIO 5.93 bits
15.7% →
IRATE 5.26 bits
8.3% →
STAIR 5.35 bits
8.0% →
RAINY 4.81 bits
6.0% →
STAIR 4.77 bits
5.4% →
ALINE 4.52 bits
5.3% →
TRADE 4.63 bits
2.1% →
SHALL 4.30 bits
1.9% →
COALY 3.95 bits
1.7% →
REATE 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1L1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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