CHINA
CHINA is on the solver's possible-answer list and has no appearance in our globally completed Wordle history.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/[ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯nə]/ˈt͡ʃɑɪ̯nə/
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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.”
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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.
Etymology
From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of chinaware and via this sense of Persian چینی (čīnī /čini) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”).
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)
How it sounds
Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it CHYNUH.
In a sentence
We are not in China.
It was made in China.
Use CHINA in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
No completed appearanceNo appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.
The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.
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See what the public sample says →CHINA in Connections
5 recorded appearances in completed main-edition puzzles through . A category label alone does not establish a word's meaning.
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· Puzzle #1116
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CHINA appeared in THINGS NAMED AFTER PLACES (yellow group).
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· Puzzle #1109
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CHINA appeared in CLASSIC WEDDING GIFTS (green group).
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· Puzzle #756
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CHINA appeared in FIRED OBJECTS (yellow group).
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· Puzzle #657
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CHINA appeared in MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH FANCY DINING (yellow group).
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· Puzzle #624
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CHINA appeared in BODY PARTS PLUS LETTER (purple group).
How CHINA performs as a guess
CHINA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,384 when every answer is treated as equally likely.
Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #3,061 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe CHINA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches CHINA in 4 guesses.
Feedback distribution
CHINA can come back 102 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for CHINA; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
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Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing CHINA
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to CHINA.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing CHINA:
Research on CHINA
Game-tree analysis and word research for CHINA, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with CHINA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.69 guesses and ranks #4,436 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
In hard mode it averages 3.82 guesses at best and is rank #2,002 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.64, at or below the proven-optimal 3.69, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- CHINA sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 126 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
- Dominant sense
- Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (2.9 of 5).
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).