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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

CHEST

Yes, CHEST was the Wordle answer on March 24, 2022 (Wordle #278).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛst//t͡ʃɪst/

Noun

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

“The clothes are kept in a chest.”

Noun

The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

“You can take the money from the chest.”

Verb

To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

Verb

To deposit in a chest.

Alternative forms: chist

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: March 24, 2022 (#278).

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

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How CHEST performs as a guess

CHEST is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,384 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___T C in the 1st position and T in the 5th position C__S_ C in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _H__T H in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DAILY RAILE RAINY RATIO TIARE ALINE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHEST 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,384 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHEST ranks #3,384 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
13
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
G U E S T
C H E S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHEST in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

424
409
113
95
93
77
74
68
50
50
47
40
40
36
35
35
31
30
28
25
25
23
22
21
20
19
18
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHEST:

18% chance
Suggested:
DAILY
17% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
5% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
DAILY 5.68 bits
17.3% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
4.8% →
RAINY 5.03 bits
4.0% →
RATIO 5.02 bits
3.9% →
TIARE 4.70 bits
3.3% →
ALINE 4.49 bits
3.1% →
ROANY 4.82 bits
2.9% →
RAINE 4.69 bits
2.1% →
ROANY 4.14 bits
2.1% →
DEARE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4E1S1T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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