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

CHAIN

Yes, CHAIN was the Wordle answer on December 10, 2023 (Wordle #904).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪn/

Noun

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

“He wore a gold chain around the neck.”

Noun

A series of interconnected things.

“a chain of mountains”

Verb

To fasten something with a chain.

“You should chain your bicycle to the railings to protect it from being stolen.”

Verb

To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings

“Sometimes I feel like I'm chained to this computer.”

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: December 10, 2023 (#904).

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

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How CHAIN performs as a guess

CHAIN 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,281 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

C___N C in the 1st position and N in the 5th position C__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _H__N H in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER TALER STILE STURE TORSE GRISE
Words starting with C Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHAIN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,281 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAIN ranks #2,281 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
17
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
C H A I N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHAIN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

461
292
201
126
115
87
66
64
51
47
47
41
40
34
33
28
28
27
26
26
26
24
23
23
22
19
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAIN:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
SOLER 6.06 bits
12.4% →
TALER 5.65 bits
8.5% →
STILE 5.39 bits
5.3% →
STURE 5.01 bits
4.9% →
TORSE 5.23 bits
3.7% →
GRISE 4.28 bits
2.8% →
TONEY 4.29 bits
2.7% →
ROUTE 4.97 bits
2.2% →
TROPE 4.81 bits
2.0% →
TORSE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1I1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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