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

CHALK

Yes, CHALK was the Wordle answer on August 1, 2024 (Wordle #1139).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɔːk//t͡ʃoːk//t͡ʃɔk/

Noun

A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).

“chalk cliffs are not recommended for climbing”

Noun

A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).

Verb

To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.

“chalk your hands before climbing”

Verb

To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.

Alternative forms: chaulk

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: August 1, 2024 (#1139).

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

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How CHALK performs as a guess

CHALK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,688 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___K C in the 1st position and K in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__K H in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRINE POIRE SOREL STIRE TORSE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHALK 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,688 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHALK ranks #5,688 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
31%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHALK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

653
282
175
126
108
87
78
71
58
53
50
36
35
34
32
31
28
19
18
16
16
15
14
14
14
12
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHALK:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
POIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
TRONE 6.12 bits
12.0% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
7.4% →
POIRE 5.20 bits
5.3% →
SOREL 4.55 bits
4.6% →
STIRE 5.21 bits
3.7% →
TORSE 5.08 bits
3.3% →
URITE 4.52 bits
3.0% →
RIONE 5.14 bits
2.5% →
TORSE 5.23 bits
2.2% →
IRONE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1L1K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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