5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KRUNK

KRUNK is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 84.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of crunk (“crazy and intoxicated”).

Noun

Alternative spelling of crunk.

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

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

How KRUNK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KRUNK as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 67.6% of games, misses completely in 32.4%, and leaves about 363 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,172 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__N_ K 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

SALET CANOE COATE STILE TOILE SLATE
Words starting with K Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.62 Entropy (bits)
363 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KRUNK 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,172 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KRUNK ranks #12,172 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
702
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
294
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
25%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

765
387
207
163
141
89
78
75
65
47
39
34
26
21
21
20
18
14
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12
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7
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6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KRUNK:

32% chance
Suggested:
SALET
16% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
CANOE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.4% →
SALET 6.29 bits
16.4% →
SALET 5.40 bits
8.8% →
CANOE 5.30 bits
6.9% →
COATE 4.99 bits
6.0% →
STILE 4.84 bits
3.8% →
TOILE 4.89 bits
3.3% →
SLATE 4.91 bits
3.2% →
SURER 4.74 bits
2.8% →
AINEE 4.56 bits
2.0% →
TUILE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5R1U1N1K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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