5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

CHINA

CHINA is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/[ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯nə]/ˈt͡ʃɑɪ̯nə/

Noun

Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.

“It's a china doll.”

Noun

Chinaware: porcelain tableware.

“He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.”

Alternative forms: chiney, cheny, cheney, chenea

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

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 CHINA performs as a guess

CHINA 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,061 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER TARSE SOLED STOLE SOREL ROUTE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHINA 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
#3,061 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHINA ranks #3,061 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
16
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
A G I N G
C H I N A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHINA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

461
384
146
102
98
82
64
62
51
51
50
47
47
45
44
41
40
37
34
25
25
23
23
19
19
17
16
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHINA:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
SOLED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
SOLER 6.06 bits
16.3% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
6.2% →
SOLED 5.08 bits
4.3% →
STOLE 4.96 bits
4.2% →
SOLER 5.04 bits
3.5% →
SOREL 4.77 bits
2.7% →
ROUTE 4.97 bits
2.6% →
TONER 4.43 bits
2.2% →
TORSE 4.41 bits
2.2% →
TROPE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1N1A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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