5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CHOKE

Yes, CHOKE was the Wordle answer on February 28, 2022 (Wordle #254).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃəʊk//t͡ʃoʊk/

Verb

To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

“Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.”

Verb

To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

“The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.”

Noun

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

Noun

In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.

Alternative forms: choak, choake, chock

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: February 28, 2022 (#254).

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

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How CHOKE performs as a guess

CHOKE 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,636 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__K_ C in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER SLART RAINY MOWER STAIR
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHOKE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,636 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHOKE ranks #7,636 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
22
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
36%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
C H O K E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHOKE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

457
373
222
207
109
74
71
46
43
42
41
33
32
31
30
29
28
25
24
23
22
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHOKE:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
16% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
TRAIL 6.05 bits
15.8% →
ALTER 5.31 bits
9.4% →
SLART 5.15 bits
8.8% →
RAINY 5.02 bits
4.6% →
SLART 4.74 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.94 bits
3.0% →
MOWER 4.05 bits
2.0% →
RAINY 4.55 bits
1.8% →
SLART 3.75 bits
1.8% →
STAIR 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4O1K5E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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