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KNOCK

Yes, KNOCK was the Wordle answer on December 10, 2022 (Wordle #539).

As an opener, it rules out about 80.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nɒk//nɑk/

Noun

An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

Noun

A sharp impact.

“He took a knock on the head.”

Verb

To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

“Knock on the door and find out if they’re home.”

Verb

To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.

“Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.”

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: December 10, 2022 (#539).

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

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How KNOCK performs as a guess

KNOCK 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 59.5% of games, misses completely in 40.5%, and leaves about 464 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,813 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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.

K___K K in the 1st position and K in the 5th position K__C_ K in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _N__K N in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER TIARE RAISE SLART RONTE
Words starting with K Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.42 Entropy (bits)
464 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
80.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KNOCK 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,813 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KNOCK ranks #12,813 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
680
4 guesses
1,317
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
26
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
22%
All gray
40%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches KNOCK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

954
251
227
154
142
89
63
51
51
40
37
34
26
24
23
21
21
14
12
10
9
8
8
8
7
7
6
6
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KNOCK:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.5% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
10.6% →
TALER 5.25 bits
9.6% →
TIARE 5.44 bits
6.5% →
RAISE 5.49 bits
6.0% →
SLART 4.94 bits
3.8% →
RONTE 4.36 bits
2.7% →
TIARE 4.80 bits
2.2% →
LATER 4.66 bits
2.2% →
IRATE 4.88 bits
1.7% →
ARIEL 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5N1O1C3K5
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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