5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WONKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of wonk

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 WONKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WONKS 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 67.5% of games, misses completely in 32.5%, and leaves about 331 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,142 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STARE TALER ARIEL CADIE GLARE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
331 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WONKS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,142 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WONKS ranks #10,142 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
23%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

766
292
182
164
145
79
56
54
53
43
41
37
31
30
30
25
23
22
20
18
17
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15
12
12
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10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WONKS:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.5% →
RAILE 6.26 bits
12.4% →
STARE 5.73 bits
7.7% →
TALER 5.26 bits
7.0% →
ARIEL 5.57 bits
6.1% →
TALER 4.57 bits
3.3% →
CADIE 4.74 bits
2.4% →
GLARE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
SIENT 4.57 bits
2.2% →
SPORT 4.38 bits
1.8% →
CARLE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1N1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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