5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CLUNK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /klʌŋk/

Noun

A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.

Noun

dull; foolish; stupid or silly person.

Verb

To make such a sound.

“Her old bicycle was clunking along the road.”

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 CLUNK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CLUNK 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 70.1% of games, misses completely in 29.9%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,156 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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

TARSE RAILE GOIER MORSE TIARE AROSE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CLUNK 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,156 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CLUNK ranks #6,156 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
17
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:
LNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

705
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41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CLUNK:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
TARSE 6.42 bits
11.8% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
8.3% →
GOIER 5.47 bits
5.9% →
MORSE 5.01 bits
4.1% →
TIARE 5.51 bits
3.8% →
AROSE 4.91 bits
3.7% →
ORATE 5.36 bits
3.5% →
TRIPE 4.97 bits
2.3% →
TORSE 4.90 bits
1.7% →
PARSE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3L1U1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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