5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHANG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia

Alternative forms: çeng

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 CHANG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHANG 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 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,941 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___G C in the 1st position and G in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__G H in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER TALER SIREN STIRE ROULE TORSE
Words starting with C Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHANG 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,941 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHANG ranks #4,941 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

602
313
147
125
105
83
77
69
69
65
53
42
34
33
29
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHANG:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
SOLER 6.00 bits
13.3% →
TALER 5.63 bits
6.2% →
SIREN 5.23 bits
5.3% →
STIRE 5.20 bits
4.5% →
ROULE 5.25 bits
3.5% →
STIRE 5.11 bits
3.3% →
TORSE 5.09 bits
2.9% →
SOREL 4.57 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 4.87 bits
2.8% →
TOUSE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1N1G2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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