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

FLUNK

Yes, FLUNK was the Wordle answer on August 29, 2024 (Wordle #1167).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flʌŋk/

Verb

Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.

“He flunked math, again.”

Verb

Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.

“Unsatisfied with Fred's progress, the teacher flunked him.”

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: August 29, 2024 (#1167).

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

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How FLUNK performs as a guess

FLUNK 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 66.2% of games, misses completely in 33.8%, and leaves about 355 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,877 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RAILE SOARE STORE ORATE SPATE
Words starting with F Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
355 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLUNK 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,877 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLUNK ranks #9,877 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
773
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
265
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
26%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L U N G
F L U N K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLUNK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

797
295
230
156
90
88
73
47
47
45
45
43
40
38
25
18
16
16
15
14
12
12
11
11
9
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLUNK:

34% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.8% →
TARSE 6.43 bits
12.5% →
RAILE 5.36 bits
9.8% →
SOARE 5.32 bits
6.6% →
STORE 5.10 bits
3.8% →
ORATE 4.84 bits
3.7% →
SPATE 5.01 bits
3.1% →
SCOTE 4.95 bits
2.0% →
CHASE 4.65 bits
2.0% →
REAST 4.81 bits
1.9% →
PARTE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1N1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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