5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHANK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæŋk/[ˈt͡ʃʰæŋk]/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯ŋk/

Noun

The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.

Verb

To eat noisily; to champ or chomp.

Noun

chink.

Alternative forms: chanquo, chonk, chunk

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 CHANK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHANK 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 272 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,237 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___K C in the 1st position and K in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__K H in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER SIREN STIRE TORSE RANGE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
272 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHANK 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,237 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHANK ranks #6,237 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
18
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
1 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

666
333
160
132
93
85
80
62
61
52
33
33
32
30
28
25
22
18
18
18
17
17
16
16
14
14
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHANK:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
TOILE 6.05 bits
14.1% →
TALER 5.64 bits
6.8% →
SIREN 5.32 bits
5.6% →
STIRE 5.20 bits
3.9% →
TORSE 5.16 bits
3.6% →
RANGE 4.48 bits
3.4% →
TOISE 4.79 bits
2.6% →
STIRE 4.88 bits
2.6% →
TOILE 4.91 bits
2.2% →
TORSE 5.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1N1K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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