5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WRICK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back

Verb

To twist; turn

Verb

To wrench; strain

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 WRICK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WRICK 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 290 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,003 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__C_ W in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET TILDE SLANE HAOLE SPATE
Words starting with W Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
290 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WRICK 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,003 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WRICK ranks #7,003 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IR

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
333
202
121
113
111
79
56
52
46
45
43
41
29
28
25
24
23
17
15
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WRICK:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
SLATE 6.36 bits
14.1% →
SALET 5.41 bits
8.6% →
TILDE 5.14 bits
5.1% →
SLANE 5.36 bits
4.8% →
HAOLE 5.45 bits
4.7% →
SPATE 4.80 bits
3.3% →
RIVET 4.42 bits
2.4% →
LEANT 4.61 bits
2.2% →
CANOE 4.79 bits
1.9% →
STALE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4R1I1C3K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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