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QUACK

Yes, QUACK was the Wordle answer on April 28, 2026 (Wordle #1774).

As an opener, it rules out about 83.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kwæk/

Noun

The vocalisation made by a duck.

“Did you hear that duck make a quack?”

Verb

Of a duck, to make its characteristic vocalisation.

“The more breadcrumbs I threw on the ground, the more they quacked.”

Verb

To make a sound similar to the quack of a duck.

Interjection

A duck's quack.

Alternative forms: quaake

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: April 28, 2026 (#1774).

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

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How QUACK performs as a guess

QUACK 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 389 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,744 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

Q___K Q in the 1st position and K in the 5th position _U__K U in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER STIRE STONE SOLDE NOIRE
Words starting with Q Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
389 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
83.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUACK 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,744 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUACK ranks #13,744 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
657
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
368
6 guesses
30
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
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
27%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
A H E N T
Q U A C K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches QUACK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

796
425
193
160
108
106
78
51
40
39
39
34
24
19
18
17
16
15
15
15
15
14
13
12
9
9
9
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUACK:

34% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
18% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.8% →
TOILE 5.96 bits
18.0% →
TALER 5.57 bits
8.2% →
STIRE 5.20 bits
6.8% →
STONE 5.40 bits
4.6% →
SOLDE 4.41 bits
4.5% →
NOIRE 5.32 bits
3.3% →
TONER 4.61 bits
2.2% →
TRIPE 4.62 bits
1.7% →
GAUNT 3.96 bits
1.7% →
SOREL 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1C3K5
Total: 20 points

Words With Friends

Total: 22 points

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