5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CHAWK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 CHAWK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHAWK 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 65.6% of games, misses completely in 34.4%, and leaves about 383 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,800 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__W_ C in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _H__K H in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER STIRE ROUTE SOREL RIONE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.84 Entropy (bits)
383 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHAWK 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,800 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAWK ranks #10,800 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
14
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
26%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

812
421
150
100
85
80
72
50
46
41
41
40
33
23
22
19
19
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17
16
15
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13
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10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAWK:

34% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
18% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.4% →
TOILE 6.00 bits
17.9% →
TALER 5.52 bits
6.4% →
STIRE 5.22 bits
4.2% →
ROUTE 5.16 bits
3.6% →
SOREL 5.22 bits
3.4% →
RIONE 5.17 bits
3.1% →
TOILE 4.97 bits
2.1% →
ROUET 4.90 bits
2.0% →
SPILE 4.82 bits
1.7% →
SENOR 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1W4K5
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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