5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

CREEK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːk/[kʰɹʷɪi̯k]/ˈkɹɪk/

Noun

A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.

Noun

The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.

Alternative forms: crick, crike, cryke, crik

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 CREEK performs as a guess

CREEK 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 74.1% of games, misses completely in 25.9%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,332 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLANT ROAST SAINT REAST ALIEN
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CREEK 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,332 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CREEK ranks #9,332 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
21
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
37%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
P E N C E
C H E E R
C R E E K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CREEK in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

611
287
199
115
108
100
92
75
63
48
44
44
32
31
30
26
25
25
24
22
19
18
18
18
17
15
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CREEK:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.9% →
SAULT 5.95 bits
12.2% →
SLANT 5.37 bits
8.4% →
ROAST 5.10 bits
4.9% →
SAINT 4.65 bits
4.6% →
SAINT 3.72 bits
4.2% →
REAST 4.59 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 4.80 bits
3.2% →
ALIEN 4.31 bits
2.7% →
CHAIN 4.42 bits
2.0% →
SHALT 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1E1E1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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