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

FROCK

Yes, FROCK was the Wordle answer on January 16, 2023 (Wordle #576).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹɒk//fɹɑk/

Noun

A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.

Noun

An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.

Verb

To clothe (somebody) in a frock.

Verb

To make (somebody) a cleric.

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: January 16, 2023 (#576).

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

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How FROCK performs as a guess

FROCK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.3% of games, misses completely in 29.7%, and leaves about 290 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,356 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET LEANT DIANE SORER MAILE
Words starting with F Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
290 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FROCK 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,356 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FROCK ranks #6,356 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
P L U C K
C R O C K
F R O C K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FROCK in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

701
293
205
111
110
102
98
65
48
45
44
43
43
31
29
26
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23
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11
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FROCK:

30% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.7% →
SLATE 6.39 bits
12.4% →
SALET 5.42 bits
8.7% →
LEANT 4.94 bits
4.7% →
DIANE 5.05 bits
4.7% →
SORER 4.42 bits
4.3% →
MAILE 5.26 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 4.86 bits
2.8% →
LIANE 4.60 bits
2.0% →
TUILE 4.98 bits
1.9% →
ANILE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1O1C3K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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