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

CHAMP

Yes, CHAMP was the Wordle answer on December 18, 2021 (Wordle #182).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæmp//ʃæmp/

Noun

Clipping of champion.

Noun

Clipping of championship.

“The team failed to make it to the Champs.”

Verb

To act or behave like a champ; to endure.

Verb

To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

Alternative forms: champe

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 18, 2021 (#182).

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

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How CHAMP performs as a guess

CHAMP 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,610 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

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Useful pattern pages

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

C___P C in the 1st position and P in the 5th position C__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _H__P H in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TALER STIRE SIREN ROUET ROUTE
Words starting with C Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHAMP 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,610 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAMP ranks #4,610 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
26%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
C H A F F
C H A M P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHAMP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

696
340
140
130
91
84
83
66
61
59
57
38
33
33
25
25
24
21
21
20
18
16
16
14
13
12
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11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAMP:

30% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
RIONE 6.01 bits
14.4% →
TALER 5.64 bits
5.9% →
STIRE 5.12 bits
5.5% →
SIREN 5.49 bits
3.9% →
ROUET 5.21 bits
3.6% →
ROUTE 5.16 bits
3.5% →
STIRE 5.19 bits
2.8% →
NOIRE 4.96 bits
2.6% →
TORSE 5.18 bits
2.5% →
PATER 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1M3P3
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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