5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CRONK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To honk like a goose.

Noun

The honking sound of a goose.

Noun

A hill or barrow.

Adjective

Unwell, sick.

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 CRONK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CRONK 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,609 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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 _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET MOULT LAIDE STADE ROATE
Words starting with C Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRONK 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,609 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRONK ranks #2,609 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
965
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
11
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:
NOR

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
279
140
132
103
101
84
80
75
57
50
43
37
32
31
29
28
22
22
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRONK:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET
6% chance
Suggested:
MOULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
SLATE 6.50 bits
11.8% →
SALET 5.44 bits
5.9% →
MOULT 4.86 bits
5.6% →
LAIDE 5.09 bits
4.4% →
STADE 4.89 bits
4.3% →
ROATE 4.41 bits
3.6% →
SLATE 4.87 bits
3.4% →
PALET 4.97 bits
3.2% →
STILE 4.76 bits
2.4% →
SALET 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3R1O1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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