5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WHEEK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʍiːk/

Noun

The squeaking sound made by a guinea pig or other cavy.

Verb

To make a squeaking sound.

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 WHEEK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHEEK 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 64.3% of games, misses completely in 35.7%, and leaves about 414 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,133 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___K W in the 1st position and K in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__K H in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE RAINY COAST SLANT SLART
Words starting with W Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.61 Entropy (bits)
414 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHEEK 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,133 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHEEK ranks #14,133 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
613
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
426
6 guesses
30
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:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
30%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

842
432
176
151
77
65
55
52
45
44
44
37
26
26
25
23
22
15
15
14
11
11
10
10
9
8
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHEEK:

36% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.7% →
TRAIL 5.86 bits
18.3% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
7.5% →
RAINY 4.46 bits
6.4% →
COAST 4.90 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.69 bits
2.8% →
SLART 5.09 bits
2.3% →
DRAWN 4.65 bits
2.2% →
ROAST 4.71 bits
1.9% →
CRATE 4.55 bits
1.9% →
SERAL 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4E1E1K5
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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