5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHEKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

Open Solver with CHEKA Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛkə/

Noun

An agent of this organization; a Chekist.

Proper noun

The first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created in 1917.

Alternative forms: Tcheka

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 CHEKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHEKA 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,589 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__K_ C in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE SOILY TALON LARGE SETER SOUTH
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHEKA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,589 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHEKA ranks #9,589 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
23%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
410
325
211
77
74
41
40
38
37
34
34
33
32
31
31
30
26
24
24
20
20
17
17
15
14
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHEKA:

18% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
14% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
RIONE 5.26 bits
17.4% →
SOILY 5.62 bits
13.8% →
TALON 5.33 bits
8.9% →
LARGE 4.79 bits
3.3% →
SETER 4.68 bits
3.1% →
SOUTH 4.63 bits
1.7% →
SOILY 4.41 bits
1.7% →
SIREE 4.40 bits
1.6% →
MANIA 3.90 bits
1.6% →
SONLY 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4E1K5A1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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