5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FLACK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flæk/

Noun

A publicist, a publicity agent.

Verb

To publicise, to promote.

Noun

Alternative spelling of flak.

Verb

To flutter; palpitate.

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 FLACK performs as a guess

FLACK 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,957 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

F___K F in the 1st position and K in the 5th position F__C_ F in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TASER TOILE STIRE TARSE IRONE
Words starting with F Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLACK 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,957 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLACK ranks #7,957 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
807
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
9
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:
AL

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLACK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

712
296
189
127
127
113
63
58
57
51
35
34
32
27
26
24
23
22
20
19
15
15
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLACK:

30% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TASER
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
TORSE 6.25 bits
12.6% →
TASER 5.42 bits
8.0% →
TOILE 5.12 bits
5.4% →
STIRE 5.25 bits
5.4% →
TARSE 4.62 bits
4.8% →
IRONE 5.44 bits
2.7% →
TONER 4.63 bits
2.5% →
RIONE 4.51 bits
2.4% →
BIOSE 4.66 bits
2.2% →
URITE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1C3K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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