5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHARK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/

Noun

Charcoal; coke.

Noun

A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill.

Verb

To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.

Verb

To make a grating sound.

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 CHARK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHARK 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,910 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___K C in the 1st position and K in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__K H in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SALET TALER STILE SEITY
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHARK 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
0.71 Volatility
#4,910 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHARK ranks #4,910 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
15
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
312
293
130
95
77
60
51
44
44
38
37
37
37
32
28
27
25
20
20
20
16
14
14
13
13
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHARK:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
13.2% →
TOISE 5.32 bits
12.4% →
SALET 5.38 bits
5.5% →
TALER 4.72 bits
4.0% →
STILE 5.25 bits
3.3% →
SEITY 4.96 bits
2.5% →
NOISE 4.90 bits
2.2% →
SEITY 4.46 bits
1.9% →
SNIDE 3.76 bits
1.9% →
SIENT 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1R1K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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