CHINK
CHINK is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.
As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪŋk/
- Noun
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A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
- Noun
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A chip or dent in something metallic.
“The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.”
- Verb
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To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
“to chink a wall”
- Verb
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To crack; to open.
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
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
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Past Wordle answer
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First-turn measures
All four describe CHINK 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 CHINK 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
Feedback distribution
CHINK can come back 90 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 CHINK; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
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Strategy after playing CHINK
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to CHINK.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing CHINK: