5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WORKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːki//ˈwɜɹki/

Adjective

Characterized by or pertaining to work.

Adjective

Especially of attire: appropriate for work.

Noun

Alternative spelling of workie.

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 WORKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WORKY 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 301 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,093 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___Y W in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position W__K_ W in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE IRATE SALET SAULT CLINE TRADE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
301 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WORKY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,093 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WORKY ranks #11,093 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
18
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
33%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

687
349
178
175
122
117
77
76
47
41
36
35
34
28
28
24
23
23
18
16
15
14
14
13
12
12
9
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WORKY:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
SLATE 6.34 bits
14.8% →
IRATE 5.29 bits
7.5% →
SALET 5.29 bits
7.4% →
SAULT 4.75 bits
5.2% →
CLINE 4.76 bits
5.0% →
TRADE 4.34 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 5.08 bits
3.2% →
SAUTE 5.09 bits
2.0% →
STOLE 3.58 bits
1.7% →
RANSE 3.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1R1K5Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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