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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

CHARD

Yes, CHARD was the Wordle answer on January 18, 2023 (Wordle #578).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑːd//t͡ʃɑɹd/

Noun

An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

Noun

Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.

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: January 18, 2023 (#578).

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

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How CHARD performs as a guess

CHARD 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #874 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___D C in the 1st position and D in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__D H in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SALET LATER STILE SEITY
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHARD 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#874 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHARD ranks #874 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,001
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
8

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
31%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
M U L C H
C H A R D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHARD in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

456
265
258
121
99
94
72
69
50
48
47
43
42
37
35
35
34
31
26
26
25
24
19
18
17
17
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHARD:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
TOILE 6.12 bits
11.2% →
TOISE 5.41 bits
10.9% →
SALET 5.41 bits
5.1% →
LATER 4.68 bits
4.2% →
STILE 5.19 bits
4.0% →
TOILE 5.20 bits
3.1% →
SEITY 4.96 bits
2.9% →
SUITE 5.02 bits
2.1% →
SIENT 4.69 bits
2.0% →
SIENT 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1R1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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