5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CHOOK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʊk/

Noun

A chicken, especially a hen.

Noun

A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.

Interjection

A call made to chickens.

Interjection

An imitation of the call of a chicken.

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 CHOOK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHOOK 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 55.4% of games, misses completely in 44.6%, and leaves about 518 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,139 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___K C in the 1st position and K in the 5th position C__O_ C in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__K H in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TONER REAST GRATE IRATE RAINY
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
518 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHOOK 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,139 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHOOK ranks #13,139 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
694
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
34
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
28%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1052
218
116
110
105
85
72
64
61
48
41
34
28
27
25
24
23
22
18
12
12
11
10
10
9
8
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHOOK:

45% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER
5% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.6% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
9.2% →
TONER 4.96 bits
4.9% →
REAST 5.27 bits
4.7% →
GRATE 4.79 bits
4.5% →
RAILE 5.24 bits
3.6% →
IRATE 5.09 bits
3.1% →
RAINY 4.53 bits
2.7% →
TARSE 5.06 bits
2.6% →
RAILE 4.89 bits
2.0% →
LIANE 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4O1O1K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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