5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

WREAK

Yes, WREAK was the Wordle answer on October 26, 2024 (Wordle #1225).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiːk//ɹik/

Verb

To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.

“The earthquake wreaked havoc in the city.”

Verb

Misspelling of reek.

Noun

Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

Noun

Punishment; retribution; payback.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 26, 2024 (#1225).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How WREAK performs as a guess

WREAK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,345 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__A_ W in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT TOILE SAINT SEINE STALE COURT
Words starting with W Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WREAK 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,345 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WREAK ranks #9,345 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
C R O W D
W R E A K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WREAK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
274
255
177
167
111
91
67
66
64
51
50
37
37
27
23
23
21
21
20
20
19
17
16
15
15
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WREAK:

17% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
MOULT 5.62 bits
11.6% →
TOILE 5.43 bits
10.8% →
SAINT 5.29 bits
7.5% →
SEINE 4.47 bits
7.1% →
STALE 4.90 bits
4.7% →
COURT 5.05 bits
3.9% →
RATIO 4.23 bits
2.8% →
SALET 3.84 bits
2.8% →
DROIT 3.98 bits
2.7% →
SLEET 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4R1E1A1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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