5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHING

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

Noun

A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.

Interjection

The sound of metal or glass clinking.

Noun

A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

Verb

To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

“The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea.”

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 CHING performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHING 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,121 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___G C in the 1st position and G in the 5th position C__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__G H in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TALER SALET SOREL ALURE SLATE TARSE
Words starting with C Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHING 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,121 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHING ranks #5,121 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
187
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:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
27%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

746
180
154
132
114
101
97
97
71
65
62
39
31
25
25
24
23
20
20
19
18
16
16
14
13
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHING:

32% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
TALER 6.14 bits
7.6% →
SALET 5.26 bits
6.5% →
SOREL 5.44 bits
5.6% →
ALURE 5.40 bits
4.8% →
SLATE 5.22 bits
4.3% →
TARSE 5.42 bits
4.1% →
SERAL 5.26 bits
4.1% →
ORATE 5.27 bits
3.0% →
ROAST 4.59 bits
2.8% →
TALER 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1N1G2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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