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

FRANK

Yes, FRANK was the Wordle answer on September 18, 2023 (Wordle #821).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹæŋk/[ˈfɹʷæŋk]/fɹaŋk/

Adjective

Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.

“May I be frank with you?”

Adjective

Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.

“The research probes whether treating pre-diabetes with metformin can prevent progression to frank diabetes.”

Noun

Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).

Noun

The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.

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: September 18, 2023 (#821).

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

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How FRANK performs as a guess

FRANK 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,751 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SALET SORER TALER STILE SPITE
Words starting with F Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRANK 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,751 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRANK ranks #5,751 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
13
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:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
C A P E D
F R A N K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FRANK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
256
251
148
136
118
107
82
71
48
41
40
35
27
26
26
25
24
21
19
19
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13
12
11
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRANK:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
11% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
10.9% →
SALET 5.47 bits
10.6% →
SORER 5.28 bits
6.3% →
TOILE 5.18 bits
5.8% →
TALER 4.65 bits
5.0% →
STILE 5.21 bits
4.5% →
SPITE 4.77 bits
3.5% →
LANCE 4.40 bits
3.0% →
TOISE 4.77 bits
2.0% →
SIREN 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1A1N1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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