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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CHORD

Yes, CHORD was the Wordle answer on December 17, 2022 (Wordle #546).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɔːd//kɔɹd/

Noun

A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

Noun

A line segment between two points of a curve.

Verb

To write chords for.

Verb

To accord; to harmonize together.

“This note chords with that one.”

Alternative forms: cord

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: December 17, 2022 (#546).

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

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How CHORD performs as a guess

CHORD 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,123 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___D C in the 1st position and D in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__D H in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET LEANT LAIDE SATEM SLANE
Words starting with C Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHORD 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,123 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHORD ranks #1,123 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
8
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
A R I S H
C H O R D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHORD in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
287
151
99
91
86
82
78
66
50
47
43
42
42
42
38
38
34
24
24
22
21
21
20
18
15
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHORD:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET
6% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
SLATE 6.42 bits
12.2% →
SALET 5.37 bits
6.4% →
LEANT 5.13 bits
4.2% →
LAIDE 5.13 bits
3.9% →
SATEM 4.38 bits
3.6% →
SLANE 5.26 bits
3.5% →
SLATE 4.81 bits
3.3% →
SLATE 5.28 bits
2.8% →
LEAST 5.07 bits
2.1% →
DIANE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4O1R1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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