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

CROAK

Yes, CROAK was the Wordle answer on July 22, 2021 (Wordle #33).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɹoʊk//kɹəʊk/

Noun

A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.

Noun

The call of a frog or toad.

Verb

To make a croak sound.

Verb

To utter in a low, hoarse voice.

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: July 22, 2021 (#33).

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

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How CROAK performs as a guess

CROAK 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,239 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__A_ C in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SEINE TUILE SALET RONTE SOOTE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CROAK 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,239 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CROAK ranks #4,239 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
212
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
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A R M O R
A C O N E
C R O A K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CROAK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

413
310
180
166
117
92
85
71
68
56
46
46
39
38
32
29
27
26
22
22
20
20
20
19
19
17
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CROAK:

18% chance
Suggested:
STILE
13% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
STILE 6.17 bits
13.1% →
STILE 5.61 bits
7.6% →
SEINE 5.08 bits
7.0% →
TUILE 4.73 bits
5.0% →
SALET 4.58 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.44 bits
3.6% →
SOOTE 4.41 bits
3.0% →
SPITE 4.59 bits
2.9% →
WINCE 4.77 bits
2.4% →
SIENT 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1O1A1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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