5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

CLANK

CLANK is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈklæŋk/[ˈkʰl̥æŋk]/ˈkleɪ̯ŋk/

Noun

A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.

Verb

To make a clanking sound

“The chains clanked.”

Verb

To cause to sound with a clank.

“The prisoners clank their chains.”

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

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 CLANK performs as a guess

CLANK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,248 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__N_ C in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TASER TOILE SIDER TARSE STIRE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLANK 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,248 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLANK ranks #2,248 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLANK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

562
224
186
154
117
114
82
75
65
64
59
33
32
29
29
25
25
25
24
21
21
18
17
15
15
14
12
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLANK:

24% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TASER
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
TORSE 6.29 bits
9.5% →
TASER 5.50 bits
7.9% →
TOILE 5.13 bits
6.5% →
SIDER 5.40 bits
5.0% →
TARSE 4.72 bits
4.8% →
STIRE 5.21 bits
3.5% →
TOISE 4.87 bits
3.2% →
TRICE 4.99 bits
2.8% →
RANGE 4.42 bits
2.7% →
BIOSE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1A1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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