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

CLINK

Yes, CLINK was the Wordle answer on January 22, 2026 (Wordle #1678).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /klɪŋk/

Noun

The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

“You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.”

Noun

Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

Verb

To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.

“The hammers clinked on the stone all night.”

Verb

To clinch; to rivet.

Alternative forms: klink

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: January 22, 2026 (#1678).

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

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How CLINK performs as a guess

CLINK 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 72.1% of games, misses completely in 27.9%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,944 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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

TARSE SALLE SATED SOGER AROSE ORATE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLINK 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,944 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLINK ranks #3,944 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
31%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L I C K
C L I N K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CLINK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

658
238
154
149
92
88
88
87
70
67
66
41
36
30
30
27
23
22
18
17
17
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15
14
13
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLINK:

28% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALLE
7% chance
Suggested:
SATED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.9% →
TARSE 6.44 bits
10.1% →
SALLE 5.56 bits
6.5% →
SATED 5.14 bits
6.3% →
SOGER 5.39 bits
3.9% →
AROSE 4.88 bits
3.7% →
TARSE 5.13 bits
3.7% →
ORATE 5.43 bits
3.7% →
ROATE 5.41 bits
3.0% →
TORSE 4.69 bits
2.8% →
TILDE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1I1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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