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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

FLASK

Yes, FLASK was the Wordle answer on May 20, 2023 (Wordle #700).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈflɑːsk//flask//ˈflæsk/

Noun

A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.

Noun

A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.

Verb

To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.

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: May 20, 2023 (#700).

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

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How FLASK performs as a guess

FLASK 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,129 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TONER RONTE ROULE TALER TRICE
Words starting with F Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLASK 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,129 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLASK ranks #7,129 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
8
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
31%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLASK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
289
189
180
118
100
79
62
49
48
37
35
30
29
29
25
23
23
23
21
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18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLASK:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TRONE 6.12 bits
12.3% →
TONER 5.44 bits
8.0% →
RONTE 5.41 bits
7.6% →
ROULE 4.87 bits
5.0% →
TALER 4.56 bits
4.2% →
TRICE 5.18 bits
3.4% →
RUOTE 5.07 bits
2.6% →
TASER 4.48 bits
2.1% →
BOITE 4.39 bits
2.0% →
URITE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1S1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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